"(His) sadness grew; it became a rock inside him, pulling him down. He carried the sadness everywhere, morning, noon, and night. It hurt to breathe."

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Source : Kevin Henkes (2013). “Bird Lake Moon”, p.6, Harper Collins

Kevin Henkes

#Morning Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“We think we learn by growing a plant but we can't know if it's just surviving or truly living? We really don't know anything about a plant until we kill it.”
“I have not attempted to try to relive or recreate the past; but I have sought guidance from those timeless elements in the past which remain valid and vital to the future ... The purpose of my art is to seek beauty and truth, and to explore and glorify the human being and the universe.”
“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.”
“Back then I was called Dumbo because of my ears. I was called Fatty, too. It was hurtful so I became like the class clown. I became the one who was kicked around.”
“But I would assert that despite the wide variety of yoga options and individual preferences, there is one universal element: the union of consciousness and movement, breath and awareness.”

Source : "Flexibility, Inside and Out" by Carre Otis, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 12, 2012.
“all large cities are alike at night.”

Source : SVETLANA ALLILUYEVA (1969). “ONLY ONE YEAR”
“Fate likes to tease paranoids.'”
“All the things I resent most about out-of-control government and the politicians who support it, grow it, or simply fail to deal with it, what angers me above all else is the knowledge that all of this waste and ruin is entirely preventable.”

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