"Every story is a story about death. But perhaps, if we are lucky, our story about death is also a story about love."

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Source : Helen Humphreys (2003). “The Lost Garden: A Novel”, p.189, W. W. Norton & Company

Helen Humphreys

#Lucky Quotes #Stories Quotes

“The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions.”
“As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.”
“To me, natural, healthy looking skin is really beautiful. With a little concealer, eyeshadow, liner, gloss and bronzer, I love my lighter makeup look. I've saved so much money on facials!”
“I don't think most people want to be unhappy. It's just something they've gotten good at.”
“Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas.”
“In early 1993, when I was 12, I was separated from my family as the Sierra Leone civil war, which began two years earlier, came into my life.”
“My life is a blunt to the head, a prayer for the dead, Run around hustlin...scared of the feds. They said death is eternal sleep, But the only thing is you ain't really sure if you prepared for the bed.”
“To find by experience that friendships are mortal, is the hard but inevitable lot of fallible and imperfect men.”

Source : Samuel Parr, John Johnstone (1828). “The Works of Samuel Parr ...: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence”, p.514

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