"Her heart was heavy because it was open, and so things filled it, and so things rushed out of it, but still the heart kept beating, tough and frighteningly powerful and meaning to shrug off the rest of her and continue on its own."

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Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.171, Pan Macmillan

Helen Oyeyemi

#Powerful Quotes #Heart Quotes #Tough Quotes

“Perhaps... you love too fiercely.”
“Medications are palliatives. They are not designed to cure the degenerative diseases of the body.”
“I expend far too much of my maternal energies on guilt and regret.”
“In order to maintain our way of living, we must tell lies to each other, and especially to ourselves.”
“Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to exist. Intolerance without cause. It is so deep within us, because every human being secretly desires the entire universe to himself. Our only way out is to learn compassion without cause. To care for each other simple because that 'other' exists.”
“I would not call myself Catholic anymore, but I went to 16 years of Catholic school: grade school, high school and college.”

Source : "Going on From Lost, Actor William Mapother Heads to Another Earth". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.
“When we slow down, quiet the mind, and allow ourselves to feel hungry for something that we do not understand, we are dipping into the abundant well of spiritual longing.”
“So live. Live. Fight like hell. And when you get too tired to fight, lay down and rest and let somebody else fight for you.”

Source : "Cancer Didn't Stop Stuart Scott From Delivering Heartfelt ESPYs Speech" by Laura Vitto, mashable.com. July 17, 2014.

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