"Discontented women are like pressure cookers. The steam rises and one day they just reach boiling point."

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Source : Bella Pollen (2011). “Midnight Cactus”, p.264, Pan Macmillan

Bella Pollen

#One Day Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Steam Quotes

“That's a weird way to torture yourself. Just watch a movie, over and over, that you hate. That's really funny - that's probably exactly what hell is like.”
“I somehow make it through the first month. I dress and brush my teeth when they tell me to. And I experience the hollow feeling of complete loss, which is emptiness.”

Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.116, Penguin
“The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.”
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand.”
“[I'm] looking for a good balance between digital and creative work.”
“A fisherman does not bait his hook with food he likes. He uses food the fish likes. So with boys.”
“Everybody gives you belief for the asking,' she said to David, 'and so few people give you anything more to believe in than your own belief - just not letting you down, that's all. Its so hard to find a person who accepts responsibilities beyond what you ask.' 'So easy to be loved - so hard to love.' David answered”
“Art is good but it isn't the best.”

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