"We do not always like the people we love- we do not always have that choice."

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Source : Anne Enright (2010). “The Gathering”, p.110, Random House

Anne Enright

#People Quotes #Choices Quotes

“If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it.”
“We live on a hunk of rock and metal that circles a humdrum star that is one of 400 billion other stars that make up the Milky Way Galaxy which is one of billions of other galaxies which make up a universe which may be one of a very large number, perhaps an infinite number, of other universes. That is a perspective on human life and our culture that is well worth pondering.”
“When a newspaper comes out that says 'Duff' Puff - she must have gained 15 pounds' or something like that, how would any normal person react?”
“We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.”
“The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.”
“Nothing is impossible to the man that can will. Is that necessary? That shall be. This is the only law of success.”
“You discover yourself through the research of your work.”
“All I could think about was him, and how much I wanted this, and how incredibly lucky I was to get it, and how tight I was going to hold onto it.”

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