"We sat there and I knew that this was how it felt to be totally accepted. You sit close to another person and are understood, everything is understood and nothing is judged and you are indispensable."

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Source : Peter Høeg (2013). “Borderliners: A Novel”, p.156, Macmillan

Peter HÃ¸eg

#Accepted Quotes #Sat Quotes #Indispensable Quotes

“If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.”

Source : Angela Thirkell (2012). “High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic”, p.106, Hachette UK
“If your version of pub food is microwaving a pie and some baked beans, then yeah, it's really complicated cooking. But if it's just about getting the best out of simple ingredients, then it's not.”
“I do like to have fun. I don't need alcohol to have fun.”
“The world's a stage, and I want the brightest spot.”
“With artificial intelligence we are summoning the demon.”

Source : "Elon Musk says ‘we are summoning the demon’ with artificial intelligence", www.foxnews.com. October 26, 2014.
“I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house.”
“Sometimes I want to joke but my English isn't perfect. Sometimes people are wondering what I'm talking about.”

Source : "Caps' Ovechkin says he is not ready to wear the 'C'". The Chronicle Herald, September 06, 2006.
“The shell must be broken before the bird can fly.”

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