"For a bookworm like Mother, a BrontÃ« novel sister was better than a biological one."

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Source : Eileen Favorite (2007). “The Heroines: A Novel”, p.185, Simon and Schuster

Eileen Favorite

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“The correct understanding of Karate and its proper use is Karate-do. One who truly trains in this do [way] and actually understands Karate-do is never easily drawn into a fight.”
“Silence is the pause in me when I am near to God.”

Source : "Behind the Music: Gregorian Trap at En Noir Spring 2014" by Stelios Phili, www.gq.com. September 13, 2013.
“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.”
“We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.”
“When you tell people, your world changes, your identity changes and people treat you differently. And then, not only do you have to deal with your own emotional response to what's going on, but you take on everybody else's emotional response.”
“One day when I was fourteen, I told Charlie that I hated Mother. â€œDonâ€™t hate her, Jo,â€ he told me. â€œFeel sorry for her. Sheâ€™s not near as smart as you. She wasnâ€™t born with your compass, so she wanders around, bumping into all sorts of walls. Thatâ€™s sad.â€ I understood what he meant, and it made me see Mother differently. But wasnâ€™t there some sort of rule that said parents had to be smarter than their kids? It didnâ€™t seem fair.”
“In shape they were like horrible toads, and moved in a succession of springs, but in size they were of an incredible bulk, larger than the largest elephant. We had never before seen them save at night, and indeed they are nocturnal animals save when disturbed in their lairs, as these had been. We now stood amazed at the sight, for their blotched and warty skins were of a curious fish-like iridescence, and the sunlight struck them with an ever-varying rainbow bloom as they moved.”
“Piano is very elegant. I also think it's a very truthful instrument.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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