"The past gives you no justice. Sentences are passed. But that doesn't mean you get justice. You can stand there forever and rail and say, 'Someone has to pay. I want what was taken from me.' But you're just going to get silence coming back at you. The past doesn't pay. We pay. And we're all free to decide when we've had enough."

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Michael Hainey

#Taken Quotes #Mean Quotes #Past Quotes

“Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day.”
“Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success.”
“Charlie Sheen is who again? Denise is engaged?”
“More than ever, we as parents and a nation must do something about the growth of obesity in our children. We must do more than just talk, we must be concerned enough to act.”
“Reading. I know it's not a very active activity, but it is in my head.”
“I should have known [â€¦] I am the rain. [â€¦] I am the land [â€¦] and I am the rain. The grass will grow out of me in a little while.”
“Sometimes you have to let time carry you past your troubles.”

Source : Lauren Groff (2012). “Arcadia”, p.99, Hachette UK
“After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad.”

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