"i realize i will never hear from dena again, and i will never call her. it gives me a chill. it is a strange thing to end a friendship, even if you know it's what you want. it's like a death; all of a sudden your experience of a person become finite."

--

Source : Melissa Bank (2006). “The Wonder Spot”, p.205, Penguin

Melissa Bank

#Giving Quotes #Want Quotes #Strange Quotes

“People believe in God because we are pattern-seeking, storytelling, mythmaking, religious, moral animals.”
“The idea of America is so wonderful because the more equal something is, the more American it is”
“The most difficult thing is to recognize that sometimes we too are blinded by our own incentives. Because we donâ€™t see how our conflicts of interest work on us.”
“We really need to get it together here. I think we humans are so brilliant and creative, can't we try something else?”

Source : "Frazey Ford Interview: Finding Beauty". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The majority of people are timid by nature, and that is why they constantly exaggerate danger. all influences on the military leader, therefore, combine to give him a false impression of his opponent's strength, and from this arises a new source of indecision.”
“The reality was that Warner wasn't there. If there were two people or 20 people identifying him, they were wrong.”
“I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.”
“I was made for more than being stuck in a vicious cycle of defeat. I am not made to be a victim of my poor choices. I was made to be a victorious child of God.”

You may also like:

Billy Collins
Poet
Curtis Sittenfeld
Writer
Emma McLaughlin
Novelist
Giles Smith
Journalist
Helen Fielding
Novelist
Meg Wolitzer
Writer
Nick Hornby
Novelist
Roddy Doyle
Novelist
Roger Rosenblatt
Journalist