"All truth contains an echo of sadness."

--

Charlotte Riddell

#Truth Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Echoes Quotes

“Is anything accidental?”
“He's six-foot two, brave as a lion, strong as an ox and quick as lightning. If he was good looking, you'd say he has everything.”
“I like being able to put out my own content instead of just going from audition to audition and just waiting and hoping.”
“I have a cotillion event. Some yacht-club charity fundraiser thingy. Whitney is insisting, and Kit took her side.â€ Three wide smiles. â€œOh shut up.”

Source : Kathy Reichs (2011). “Seizure: A Virals Novel”, p.35, Penguin
“Her magic formula for dealing with children is ignoring all faults and accenting tiny virtues. She says, "Instead of telling Tommy day in and day out that he is the naughtiest boy in the United States of America, which could very well be true, take an aspirin and comment on his neatly tied shoes. Almost anybody would rather be known for expert shoe-tying than for kicking the cat." She always tells whiners how charming they are--bullies how brave--bad sports how good--sneaks how honest!”
“There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and down-right ignorance.”
“No accident of environment or circumstance need cut us off from nature. ... It does not matter how shut in we are. Opportunity for wide experience is of small acccount in this as in other things; it is depth that brings understanding and life.”
“I’ve kissed death a thousand times before”

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