"Spending a lot of time away from home was strange. My parents visited me, obviously, but I was in hospital a lot, alone. And then when my health had improved a bit and I was in a sick-bed in the house, with the life of the house going on around me, that was very vivid for me. I always think that's a bit like the position of a novelist in a novel, going through drafts: there but not there, one remove from reality."

-- Maggie O'Farrell

#Home Quotes #Reality Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“We need a leader who understands the moral case for free enterprise.”
“All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children.”
“Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.”

Source : Mary E. Pearson (2011). “The Fox Inheritance”, p.201, Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
“All the mortal world is a lethal enemy during those hours between dawn and dusk.”
“What if we could stop being different colors, different backgrounds, and just be in love?”

Source : E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.203, Delacorte Press
“We have to get the Diamond. And Cesareâ€™s head.â€ They looked at me. â€œWhy the head?â€ Doolittle asked. â€œBecause itâ€™s easy to carry and I can torture it for a long time.â€ And I didnâ€™t just say it out loud, did I? I checked their faces. Yep, I did.”
“When someone takes a private photo, on a private cell phone, it should remain just that: private.”
“Every ship that comes to America got its chart from Columbus.”

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