"They stayed, many of them, because staying was easier and less scary than leaving,"

-- Richard Russo

#Scary Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Easier Quotes

“I do, I’m afraid, understand books far more readily than I understand people. Books are so easy to get along with.”

Source : Katherine Rundell (2013). “Rooftoppers”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“I've become one of those annoying people who brings their own food on to planes.”

Source : "Jessie Ware: 'I'm such a bully about food'" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. January 19, 2013.
“Perhaps we all give the best of our hearts uncritically--to those who hardly think about us in return.”

Source : T. H. White (2011). “The Once and Future King”, p.192, Penguin
“Ther's still a few honest folks left but they never seem t' find anything you lose.”
“If you want to have world peace - peace in your family, peace in your town and peace in your own bedroom - you simply begin with whatever creates peace within yourself. This vibration will go out from you in waves, and these waves have a very positive impact on the world.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Christiane Northrup from Feb 25, 2010
“It is awkward to listen to oneself being praised, and I was always a shy man.”
“Jealousy is not at all low, but it catches us humbled and bowed down, at first sight.”
“Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute our very essence.”

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