"In this wild world the fondest and the best Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd."

--

George Crabbe

#Adversity Quotes #World Quotes #Distress Quotes

“I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.”

Source : "John Hughes" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2009.
“He reaches over a goat that's come between us and grabs my hand. "Don't let go!" he orders. Harper's hand is dry and soothing, while mine is sweaty with fear. We've never held hands before. I think about what it means in the village when boys and girls only a few years older then Harper and me wander around with their hands clasped together. They're always peering dreamily into each other's eyes, sneaking sky kisses...and soon after, there's a wedding.”

Source : "Palace of Mirrors".
“It's too bad we only had the courage to live our lives fully in dreams.”
“There is a path from me to you that I am constantly looking for.”
“Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.”
“One is more admired for claiming to do good than for proving to be right.”
“I grew up in a big family. You have to learn to get along with each other... get things done as a family.”

Source : "Boehner: Sometimes I'm 'Gestapo'" by Tal Kopan, www.politico.com. January 24, 2014.
“Bobbie Ann Mason's genius only grows stronger and wiser and funnier with every new book, and Zigzagging Down a Wild Trail is my absolute favorite so far. What an ear she has for the telling phrase, what an eye for the heartbreaking detail. These new stories are stunning.”

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