"absence can be present, like a damaged nerve, like a dark bird"

-- Audrey Niffenegger

#Dark Quotes #Bird Quotes #Nerves Quotes

“When I think about what sort of person I would most like to have on a retainer, I think it would be a boss. A boss who could tell me what to do, because that makes everything easy when you're working.”
“Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.”
“I've worked so hard to eliminate the inner geek from my life. I suddenly realize I have no patience for those people who still have their geeks showing. Now I see why being 'normal' has been so important to me.”
“Later on they send me to Hollywood. To make movies. It was all new to me. I was only 21 years old.”
“Math and science fields are not the only areas where we see the United States lagging behind. Less than 1 percent of American high school students study the critical foreign languages of Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Korean or Russian, combined.”
“who was the cynic who had defined gratitude as thanks for favors to come?”
“The average millionaire can't tell you who got thrown off the island last night.”
“There is a lot of basketball beyond our control, but a player should never let anyone try harder than he does”

Source : Dean Smith, John Kilgo, Sally Jenkins (2000). “A Coach's Life: My 40 Years in College Basketball”, p.206, Random House

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