"And it´s so different for a lot of people I´ve known. One partner doesn´t love the other enough to stop drinking, or gambling, or running around with other women. One is the giver and one is the taker. The giver wishes the taker would stop."

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Source : Alma Katsu (2011). “The Taker”, p.365, Simon and Schuster

Alma Katsu

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“Against the darkness outer God's light his likeness takes, And he from the mighty doubter The great believer makes.”
“Pippa's Song The year's at the spring The day's at the morn Morning's at seven, The Hill side's dew-pearled The lark's on the wing The snail's on the thorn God's in his heaven- All's right with the world”
“Changing the world is not easy, but its pursuit will change you profoundly.”
“A journal of the 'subjective' kind I have always thought foolish, as nurturing a morbid self -consciousness in the writer; and yet, alone so much as I am, it is well to have some sort of a ventilator from the interior.”
“We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.”
“This age thing is all up to you. It's like happiness is up to you. You just have to understand what it is before you get it.”
“I'm not 'worked up' so much as 'fed up' with the rat faced ***** in the Conservative Party who neglect to invite me to announcements in my riding.”
“Nutrition has always played a huge role in my life. I became a vegetarian when I was 13 and then got my entire family to become vegetarians. And I have always been active my whole life. I genuinely enjoy sports and I spend time on my total gym.”

Source : "Christie Brinkley Is 'Energized' About 2009". Interview with Jennifer Garcia, people.com. January 18, 2009.

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