"There were moments when I felt seriously unhinged; when I was convinced that I would never, ever recover from what had happened, when it was absolutely clear to me that life from this point on would be constant agony."

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Source : Douglas Kennedy (2009). “Leaving the World”, p.355, Random House

Douglas Kennedy

#Agony Quotes #Would Be Quotes #Moments Quotes

“You can never regret anything you do in life. You kind of have to learn the lesson from whatever the experience is and take it with you on your journey forward.”
“Presence is more than just being there.”
“That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.”
“I was too young to understand who Sam[uel L.] Jackson was or who Bruce Willis was, who Jeremy Irons was at the time. All I knew was that they were good to me then.”
“... laughter is lovelier than tears in bed.”

Source : Dorothy Hewett (1968). “Windmill country”
“I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.”
“When you feel that you are at the end of your path and there is a ten foot high brick wall right there in front of you, and you have nowhere to go but backwards, break down that wall and move forward. There are great and wonderful things on the other side of that wall... and, they have always been there. Let nothing divide you from what you need to do in life, and see the solutions that are right in front of you. The key is, you must break down what separates you from them and choose to find them.”
“In rare instances you have to give up what you thought was a great scene.”

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