"It is so much easier to deal with the dead than with the living. The dead are out of the way, merely characters from stories about the past, never again unreadable, no misunderstandings possible, the pain coming from them stable and manageable. nor do you have to explain yourself to them, to justify the fact of your life."

-- Aleksandar Hemon

#Pain Quotes #Character Quotes #Past Quotes

“A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested by them. And there is a level on which the mockery of people, even their hatred, is moving, because it is so blind: It is terrible to watch people cling to their captivity and insist on their own destruction.”
“And I know Iâ€™m not perfect. But I believe I was meant to be.”
“I'm thinking about learning a few new things - like taking classical guitar lessons - and I'd like to bring what I learn into hard rock.”
“Fashion is something you attach to yourself, put on, and through that interaction the meaning of it is born. Without the wearing of it, it has no meaning, unlike a piece of art. It is fashion because people want to buy it now, because they want to wear it now, today. Fashion is only the right now.”
“Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention. -Magister artis ingenique largitor Venter”
“To win the Champions League with Porto, you have to be tactically acute”
“Itâ€™s better to succeed against daunting odds than settle for a fantasy and get nowhere.”
“We may have doubts, but we control the present. We always have the choice to move forward with hope and confidence.”

Source : Teri Hatcher (2006). “Burnt Toast: And Other Philosophies of Life”

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