"A person walks into a room and says hello, and your life takes a course for which you are not prepared. It's a tiny moment (almost-but not quite-unremarkable), the beginning of a hundred thousand tiny moments and some larger ones."

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Source : Anita Shreve (1989). “Eden Close: a novel”, Harcourt

Anita Shreve

#Rooms Quotes #Tiny Quotes #Hello Quotes

“Genre categories are irrelevant. I dislike them, but I do not have the casting vote.”
“Youâ€™ve already lost the battle if youâ€™re afraid to fight.”
“Stick Boy liked Match Girl, He liked her a lot. He liked her cute figure, he thought she was hot. But could a flame ever burn for a match and a stick? It did quite literally; he burned up quick.”
“I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.”
“The person who is capable of producing a large number of ideas per unit of time, other things being equal, has a greater chance of having significant ideas.”
“May you listen to the voice within the beat even when you are tired. When you feel yourself breaking down, may you break open instead. May every experience in life be a door that opens your heart, expands your understanding and leads you to freedom.”
“I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.”
“Although it is important to examine the consequences of today's actions far into the future, it is important not to confuse far future actions with what is done today. The impact of emissions that are made after 2100 has no bearing on what the world should do for the next 30 or even 100 years.”

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