"In our deepest moments we say the most inadequate things."

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Source : Edna O'Brien (2013). “The Love Object: Selected Stories of Edna O'Brien”, p.115, Faber & Faber

Edna O'Brien

#Moments Quotes #Inadequate Quotes

“Time made me change. I gradually woke up to the realization that this is who I am, an author, a public figure, and I couldn't just hide in my study, tapping away at the keyboard and pretend that I didn't have a role to play beyond stringing words together.”
“A lot of education is like teaching marching; I try to make it more like dancing.”
“Character must be kept bright as well as clean.”
“I've never made money from films,”
“When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone.”

Source : Yoshio Taniguchi (1996). “The Japan Architect”
“They always talk about teenagers thinking their lives will never end. I expected my life to end at any minute, every day.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.”
“The Bible tells us to forgive our enemies, not our friends”

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