"And silence, like darkness, can be kind; it, too, is a language."

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Source : Hanif Kureishi (2002). “Intimacy and Midnight All Day: A Novel and Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

Hanif Kureishi

#Silence Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Be Kind Quotes

“For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.”
“Love means the courage to expose yourself to the potential pains of being hurt, deeply hurt by someone you trust.”
“To stand alone against all adversity is the most sacred moment of existence.”
“But chiefly Thou, Whom soft-eyed Pity once led down from Heaven To bleed for man, to teach him how to live, And, oh! still harder lesson! how to die.”

Source : William Falconer, Thomas Day, Robert Blair, Robert Glynn, Beilby Porteus (1822). “The Poems of Falconer, Day, Blair, Glynn, and Porteus”, p.288
“It turns out it takes 30 years for a new idea to seep into the culture. Technology does not drive change. It is our collective response to the options and opportunities presented by technology that drives change.”
“I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.”
“I was raised to be in service to something larger than myself. A lot of actors concentrate on what they will get out of the profession, rather than what they can offer it. The way I see it, if you come with something to offer, you can offer it forever.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“For 15 years I was a complete arsehole to a dozen people. I said I would try and make it right with those people, and anybody that gave me an audience, I was there.”

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