"I was a daughterless mother. I had nowhere to put the things a mother places on her daughter. The nail polish I used to paint our toenails hardened. Our favorite videos gathered dust. Her small apron was in a box in the attic. Her shoes - the sparkly ones, the leopard rain boots, the ballet slippers - stood in a corner."

-- Ann Hood

#Daughter Quotes #Mother Quotes #Rain Quotes

“I am generally ashamed to walk out in new clothes. And why am I ashamed? Is it because I don't want to embarrass the others who don't have new things? Or perhaps because a new coat makes you stand out, and you seem to be clothes and nothing else.”
“If our bones were not sending whispers of doubt to our hearts, there would be no need for prayer at all.”
“In the awakened state, the mind is either perfectly silent or it is a perfectly clear instrument of expression.”
“Modern science cannot explain why the laws of physics are exactly balanced for animal life to exist.”

Source : "Robert Lanza doesn't seem to be kidding". Interview with Aaron Rowe, www.wired.com. March 8, 2007.
“I would always drink purple drink - syrup. I would just be in a room, screwing and chopping up music. It was like an alter ego - I would turn into another person when I was on a substance. My music would get darker and weirder, and it inspired a lot of people. But I've changed my life and stopped smoking. I like to turn up and have fun when I get the chance, but I don't overdo it now.”
“It's not a house, it's a home.”
“There are different kinds of actors, and movie actors tend to be exceedingly precise and mechanical in a way that's really admirable for me to watch. You always learn from them.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“How could she ever understand that there isn't any way could be disappointed since I no longer find anything worth looking forward to?”

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