"I was thinking a lot about the aftermath of bad choices, how people deal with the trauma of having survived trauma, if that makes sense, and so I wrote about this character's last day on the job, how after spending 15 years pretending to be a rabbi, he'd in effect become a rabbi."

-- Tod Goldberg

#Jobs Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“My secret is that I need Godâ€”that I am sick and can no longer make it alone. I need God to help me give, because I no longer seem to be capable of giving; to help me be kind, as I no longer seem capable of kindness; to help me love, as I seem beyond being able to love.”
“It's an honor to be considered in the same breath, but I'm not Michael Jordan. I'm the first Chamique Holdsclaw. And I think that's where the women's game has to get to, when women are recognized on their own.”
“I don't think the Republicans would appreciate the comparison, but they're exactly like the Labor Party in England in the 1970s. They're letting their extremists take them straight down. The same thing is going to happen - they had to disappear for a while and when they reinvented themselves they did it with moderates, they did it with Tony Blair.”
“To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.”

Source : Robert Massie; Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”
“And blue-lung'd combers lumbered to the kill.”
“Did anyone ever have a boring dream?”

Source : Ralph Hodgson (1961). “Collected Poems”, London, Macmillan
“I write to make sense of my life." -John Cheever, quoted in _Cheever - A Life_ (2009) by Blake Bailey”
“I think I'm scared a lot. I'm scared of almost everything. And I'm constantly trying to work my way through each obstacle, whether it's a present, past, or future relationship.”

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