"Always remember that, nine times out of ten, you probably arenâ€™t having a full-on nervous breakdown â€“ you just need a cup of tea and a biscuit. Youâ€™d be amazed how easily and repeatedly you can confuse the two. Get a big biscuit tin."

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Source : Caitlin Moran (2016). “Moranifesto”, p.343, Random House

Caitlin Moran

#Two Quotes #Tea Quotes #Tin Quotes

“So don't let anybody tell you that you're not loved and don't let anybody tell you that you're not enough, Yeah there are days that we all feel like we're messed up, But the truth is that we're all diamonds in the rough.”

Source : Song: Gold, Album: Gold, 2012
“There is something so perfect about the mountains and the lake and the trees... sometimes I want to tear it all to pieces.”
“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”

Source : c.1910 Quoted in Alleyne Ireland An Adventure with a Genius, ch.4.
“My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.”
“Shane said, "Don't worry. I'll protect you." Claire hit him in the shoulder. "I don't need you to protect me." "Then why am I going first?" "So you can take the first punch while I throw the second?" "So I'm bait? Ouch. You've been in Morganville way too long, girl.”
“I do not believe that civilization will be wiped out in a war fought with the atomic bomb. Perhaps two-thirds of the people of the earth will be killed.”
“What we call birth Is but a beginning to be something else Than what we were before; and when we cease To be that something, then we call it death.”
“In the back of your mind you always want it to be successful and you want things to happen, but I've learned in my life that if you want something too much, even when it happens it may not be what you wanted if you set your expectations too high.”

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