"If you carry the weather with you, then character is determined by the prevailing wind"

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Source : Jamie O'Neill (2002). “At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

Jamie O'Neill

#Character Quotes #Wind Quotes #Weather Quotes

“Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper.”

Source : Wilkie Collins (2008). “The Woman in White”, p.396, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The sense that materialism has gotten out of hand is magnified by the pressures facing middle-class American families.”
“There were days - she could remember this - when Henry would hold her hand as they walked home, middle-aged people, in their prime. Had they known at these moments to be quietly joyful? Most likely not. People mostly did not know enough when they were living life that they were living it. But she had that memory now, of something healthy and pure.”

Source : Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.162, Random House
“Meditation takes time and dedication, but, for me, it's actually just about closing your eyes and being in that moment.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“I always want to give more than I gave yesterday.”
“With Halloween, the director was this genius wonder boy who was the writer, director, producer, along with his girlfriend. They were this team, and they were making this small movie, and it was just completely different, but it was really inspiring and a lot of fun, and also allowed me to do a lot of improvisation, because they just depended on the girls to expand their parts to bring some real life, being girls ourselves, to the characters.”
“For I bring not a religion... but a Person, who loves people, who died for them on the cross. For Jesus died for the sins of the whole world and He will not that any one should perish. He understands every single individual.”
“History, in illuminating the past, illuminates the present, and in illuminating the present, illuminates the future.”

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