"A certain giving up of control is good for the soul."

-- Tracy Letts

#Giving Up Quotes #Giving Quotes #Soul Quotes

“If you're gonna fret, fret over something you can change. Then stop fretting and do something about it.”

Source : Kimberly Willis Holt (2011). “My Louisiana Sky”, p.34, Macmillan
“Classic means standard as opposed to Romantic: form before meaning as opposed to meaning before form. It grows from inside out, while Romantic grows from outside in.”
“Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.”

Source : Ellis Peters (2014). “The Summer Of The Danes”, p.115, Head of Zeus
“I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.”
“You can die of the cure before you die of the illness.”
“We are all human magnets. Our deeds, attitudes and thoughts attract in kind. Gets back with interest exactly what he sends.”
“Never far from a dining table, the characters in Heather A. Slomski's limpid and elegant debut collection are not given to melodramatics. Civility reigns, voices are not raised, much goes unsaid. But just beneath the sophisticated composure are longing, loss, heartbreak. And how intensely familiar is the table itself, which made this reader suddenly understand how much of our real life takes place there. Heather A. Slomski is truly a fresh voice on the scene, and The Lovers Set Down Their Spoons is that rare thing, a new book as innovative in its design as it is compulsively readable.”
“I don't ever expect to be permanently happy. I don't think that's part of the human condition.”

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