"For optimists, human life never needs justification, no matter how much hurt piles up, because they can always tell themselves that things will get better. For pessimists, there is no amount of happinessâ€”should such a thing as happiness even obtain for human beings except as a misconceptionâ€”that can compensate us for lifeâ€™s hurt."

-- Thomas Ligotti

#Hurt Quotes #Get Better Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Spare me the mantra that the â€œfundamentalsâ€ are sound. Credit is the ultimate fundamental.”
“You have to believe there are kisses and laughs and risks worth taking.”

Source : David Levithan (2014). “How They Met and Other Stories”, p.138, Egmont UK
“Whatever your dream is, every extra penny you have needs to be going to that.”
“I try to be open with everybody, try to make everybody feel welcome and make them feel like, hey, I'm an easy person to talk to, get along with.”
“Sometimes that's all life is... One desperate act after another.”
“It's hard work. It's really hard work, but it's really interesting. We have this camera, I think it's called a SimulCam, and when you play it back, you can see the giant in the scene you just shot. It's incredible. You're reacting to a tennis ball that's way up there, then when you watch it, it's this huge giant's face on it. Wow. That's cool. I just can't wait to see it when it's all edited together and the special effects are all crystal clear. It's going to be, hopefully, amazing.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I think prejudice and tradition count for three-quarters in matters of religion.”
“I wanted it in the way you sometimes want to jump into very cold water, even though you know it won't feel good. I wanted to go numb. To see what it felt like to be someone else.”

Source : Brenna Yovanoff (2011). “The Replacement”, p.50, Simon and Schuster

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