"The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain; for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break."

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Source : George Bancroft (1841). “History of the Colonization of the United States”, p.49

George Bancroft

#Real Quotes #Rain Quotes #Fall Quotes

“But who, except God, can say whether a man is right or foolish if he follows the call of his conscience?”
“Fate" Eve said with a sigh "I'm not sure fate had to burn up your car to get the point across," Shane said, buckling his own seatbelt. "No, not that. The hearse. I'm going to name it Fate." Shane stared at Eve for a long, long few seconds, then slowly shook his head. "Have you considered medication, or-" She flipped him off. "Ah. Back to normal. Excellent.”
“You never know what's around the corner unless you peek. Hold someone's hand while you do it. You will feel less scared.”
“If you go to shows today, you have 16 celebrities sitting there, all these people who have nothing to do with fashion.”
“Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.”
“I'd never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.”
“You only live once, and I just donâ€™t want to waste a minute of my life.”
“I told him the truth, that I loved him and didn't regret anything about our lives together. But do we ever 'tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God' as my father used to say, to those we love? Or even to ourselves? Don't even the best and most fortunate of lives hint at other possibilities, at a different kind of sweetness and, yes, bitterness too? Isn't this why we can't help feeling cheated, even when we know we haven't been?”

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