"Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss...." He turned to me. "But every once in a while, you find someone who's iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare."

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Source : Wendelin Van Draanen (2008). “Flipped”, p.96, Knopf Books for Young Readers

Wendelin Van Draanen

#Life Quotes #People Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself.”

Source : Margaret Campbell Barnes (1949). “Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn”, London : Macdonald
“I will absolutely say that Johnny Ramone was a huge influence on me. I'm a giant Ramones fan.”
“But the thing is, from the perspective of a novelist there is a brand of lying that feels more honest than the actual facts of an event. Lying as a way to move closer to the truth, or to illuminate ow something actually feels in a way the mere facts cannot.”
“Here's the problem: I don't like who I've become when my iPhone is within reach. I find myself checking e-mails and responding to texts throughout the day with some kind of Pavlovian ferocity - it's not a conscious act, but a reflexive one.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.”
“Increasingly both environmentalists and animal ethicists recognize the enormous destruction caused by animal agriculture.”
“I don't fear death, but I sure don't like those three-footers for par.”
“Iâ€™ve been thinking Iâ€™d like to be Daisy; Iâ€™d like to have someone like Gatsby stare at my house for whole years and never stop dreaming of me”

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