"But in the end, fighting for a love that was already gone felt like trying to live in the ruins of a lost city."

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Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.356, Ballantine Books

Paula McLain

#Fighting Quotes #Cities Quotes #Trying Quotes

“It doesn't make any difference what religion you are, or how young you are or how old you are-if they go to these abortion mills and stand there and pray-that would make a lot of difference.”
“Martin Luther King's 1963 'I have a dream' speech was a thrilling milestone in the civil rights movement, so enduring that we tend to attribute its searing power to a kind of magic. But Gary Younge's meditative retrospection on its significance reminds us of all the micro-moments of transformation behind the scenes--the thought and preparation, vision and revision--whose currency fed that magnificent lightning bolt in history.”
“The city of Morrow needs good leadership today and in the future years. I enjoy reading and learning from established leaders. Reading quotes is a great way to learn as they contain rich nuggets of knowledge.”
“Angels and Airwaves is a complete, pure reflection of who I am. The philosophy, the spiritualism, the esotericism, the idea of hope and space and the themes about life and grandeur that's all me.”
“After 10 years of eating vegetarian, I tried my boyfriend's. I was overwhelmed. It was orgasmic.”
“Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter.”
“There is so much that glows in the circus, from flames to lanterns to stars. I have heard the expression â€œtrick of the lightâ€ applied to sights within Le Cirque des Reves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illuminationâ€ .”
“Good things happen when you meet strangers.”

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