"I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it."

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Source : "Author Terry McMillan, Interrupted by Life". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. July 28, 2005.

Terry McMillan

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Tragedy Quotes

“What is wealth to me if I cannot enjoy it?”
“England and America are two countries separated by the same language.”
“What I tell ya? Don't blink! It's just gonna be over quick.”
“It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them.”
“I can't say why some memories float and other sink.”
“Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character.”

Source : Quentin Tarantino (1994). “Pulp Fiction”, Miramax Books
“I believe in black holes. I believe that as the universe empties into nothingness, past and future will smack together in the last swirl around the drain.”
“Just when you think you know the answers, I change the questions.”

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