"Everybody wants life to speak to them with special kindness. Every personal story begs to be steered toward reverie, toward some relief from unpleasant truths: That you are a self, that beyond anything else you want the best for that self. That, if it is to be you or someone else, you need it to be you, no matter what."

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Source : Darin Strauss (2011). “Half a Life: A Memoir”, p.57, Random House

Darin Strauss

#Kindness Quotes #Self Quotes #Special Quotes

“Alexis Coe rescues a buried but extraordinarily telling episode from the 1890s that resonates in all sorts of ways with today. That in itself would be an accomplishment. But this is a book that is truly riveting, a narrative that gallops. Lizzy Borden eat your heart out. Hereâ€™s a real crime of passion. Or was it? I dare you to pick this one up and try, just try to put it down.”
“If sex isn't a joke, what is it?”

Source : Nella Larsen (2012). “Passing”, p.45, Courier Corporation
“...make time for one another. Don't forget about those date nights. Put on a sexy dress and some sexy high heels and have a great night and enjoy each other. Also, incorporate your husband. Get him involved and let him know how important he is with taking care of your joy.”

Source : "Tia Mowry Hardrict: Tamera Has 'A Special Relationship With Cree'". Interview with Jenny Schafer, celebritybabyscoop.com. August 17, 2011.
“You use words like 'introvert' and 'extrovert,' various traits of a personality. A lot of that stuff, we used in drama school, and that was kind of interesting, to realize my teachers sort of ripped off a lot of Jung. And how much of it is part of our society now, these phrases, introvert and extrovert, where it actually came from.”
“If buying equities seem the most hazardous and foolish thing you could possibly do, then you are near the bottom that will end the bear market.”
“The decision to speak out is the vocation and lifelong peril by which the intellectual must live.”
“Due to a big bust in Cuba, my father's business suffered badly, so I was free to choose my own career. I became a professional dancer, and I went on the road and started making real money.”
“Its a funny thing Alice, dying is just the way I composed it in Tod und VerklÃ¤rung.”

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