"They sat quietly together for a few minutes, Joe holding Fiona's hand, Fiona sniffling. No flowery words, no platitudes passed between them. Joe would have done anything to ease her suffering, but he knew nothing he might do, or say, could. Her grief would run its course, like a fever, and release her when it was spent. He would not shush her or tell her it was God's will and that her da was better off. That was rubbish and they both knew it. When something hurt as bad as this, you had to let it hurt. There were no shortcuts."

-- Jennifer Donnelly

#Running Quotes #Hurt Quotes #Grief Quotes

“You're not a moron. You're only a case of arrested development.”
“It was like letting go and falling back into water and seeing yourself grinning up through the water, your face like a mask, and seeing the bubbles coming up as if you were trying to speak from under the water. And how do you know what it's like to try to speak from under water when you're drowned?”
“I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.”
“Sometimes you have got to look at things really positively - without putting your head in the sand, you have got to manage the negatives and keep putting a positive slant on it, keep trying to find answers.”

Source : "Brian McDermott has retained his beliefs despite dark times at Leeds" by Andy Wilson, www.theguardian.com. October 7, 2011.
“Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better time for it.”
“The first step in innovation is to know that a thing can be created. After that, the rest is a matter of detail.”

Source : Brian Herbert, Kevin Anderson (2002). “Dune: House Corrino”, p.164, Spectra
“It's probably weird to think about an addiction like it's a sentient being, but that's how it feels. Like it's something living inside you. Something you can't get rid of because killing it means killing you.”

Source : Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Identical”, p.142, Simon and Schuster
“When we want to let go of a situation no matter what it is we must be able to "bless" it. When you bless something you sanction it giving it your approval and endorsement freeing it to go forward with your cooperation and support.”

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