"Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up."

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Source : Neal Shusterman (2012). “UnStrung”, p.57, Simon and Schuster

Neal Shusterman

#Dream Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Reality Quotes

“No purer artist exists or has ever existed than a child freed to imagine.”

Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “Toll The Hounds: The Malazan Book of the Fallen 8”, p.530, Random House
“Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react to their own problems, pains, and behaviors.”
“I think it's important for women to be patient with their men. Try not chastise them to the point where they never want to try again. Because it's inevitable - we're going to screw up. And this is not me as a man telling women to be patient. What I'm saying is, as a man, I know the only way I'm going to figure this stuff out is if I have the support of the woman I love. I will mess up and say the wrong thing and interrupt my wife because it's a learned behavior I've done my whole life. I don't have all the answers - all I'm trying to do is start a conversation.”
“We have a pope [Francis] who's very popular among the Catholic faithful and non-Catholics, but there's no doubt he's going to continue to face resistance from conservatives inside the church.”
“No man is lost while he yet lives.”
“I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently.”
“What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the national welfare beyond party or self-interest.”

Source : "The sad, hypocritical retirement of Evan Bayh" by Ezra Klein, www.washingtonpost.com. March 15, 2011.
“I am still yours, Allie, my queen, my timeless beauty. You are, and always have been, the best thing in my life”

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