"There are many kinds of loss embedded in a loss - the loss of the person, and the loss of the self you got to be with that person. And the seeming loss of the past, which now feels forever out of reach."

-- Meghan O'Rourke

#Loss Quotes #Past Quotes #Self Quotes

“Even Solon Gregg was finding it hard to speak to a woman who had just paid hard cash for tampons and on her face wore the look of a woman who meant to use them, as advertised.”

Source : Lewis Nordan (2003). “Wolf Whistle”, p.32, Algonquin Books
“One of the reasons I work serially, but also one of the reasons that I try to claim space in painting, is I'm desperately interested in asking: How can a group of images, or even two images, have meaning together?”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“The worst mistakes I've made have been the ones directed by sweet-natured hopefulness.”

Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.31, Vintage
“The idea of a method that contains firm, unchanging, and absolutely binding principles for conducting the business of science meets considerable difficulty when confronted with the results of historical research. We find, then, that there is not a single rule, however plausible, and however firmly grounded in epistemology, that is not violated at some time or another.”
“Get burnt like a candle, very hard to handle, Do miracles in Nikes like Jesus did in sandals.”
“If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next generation will suffer if we destroy our natural surroundings. So without a doubt, they need to learn that nature is vital to us by experiencing it. I want them to like nature and to climb mountains and so on.”

Source : "TalkAsia" with Kyung Lah, www.cnn.com. June 29, 2012.
“One who believes all of a book would be better off without books”
“If I ever leave this place- I'll make sure I'm better HERE first.”

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