"He wanted to take his love back from her so badly. The old techniques didnâ€™t work anymore. In fact, theyâ€™d never worked. How do you stop loving someone? It was one of the worldâ€™s more brutal mysteries. The more you tried, the less it worked."

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Source : Ann Brashares (2008). “The Last Summer (of You and Me)”, p.132, Penguin

Ann Brashares

#Loving Someone Quotes #Technique Quotes #World Quotes

“I think "God" is an off-putting word. I don't think there's a name for this. I think it's a presence that is best for us, but unfortunately, it can't intervene if we don't ask it, and religion has us talking to the wall because the god that religion is selling isn't the reality.”
“Fortunately, an extremely sexy, pixie-voiced blond named Ronnie Harran, who booked the Whisky, saw us...She had an ear for talent...the Whisky was finally a gig we could be proud of...”
“And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization.”

Source : Chauncey Wright (2003). “Philosphical Discussions”, p.51, A&C Black
“Every night before putting her to sleep, Yankel counts her ribs, as if one might have disappeared in the course of the day and become the seed and soil for some new companion to steal her away from him.”
“As an entrepreneur, I knew that if my company failed, I could always try again. So I often felt that the only real risk of true financial ruin came from the possibility of a serious illness that either exceeded my insurance plans lifetime limits, or was not covered due to rescission.”
“I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.”
“If you keep the law of God, you are not described in Scripture as a pinched legalist, but rather as happy (Prov. 29:18).”
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other's participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.”

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