"I admit that for me love goes deeper than the struggle, or maybe what I mean is, love is the deeper struggle."

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Source : Julia Alvarez (2010). “In the Time of the Butterflies”, p.147, Algonquin Books

Julia Alvarez

#Struggle Quotes #Mean Quotes #Love Is Quotes

“There is a tiger in my room,' said Frances. 'Did he bite you?' said Father. 'No,' said Frances. 'Did he scratch you?' said Mother. 'No,' said Frances. 'Then he is a friendly tiger,' said Father. 'He will not hurt you. Go back to sleep.”
“It is the artists who make the true value of the world, though at times they may have to starve to do it. They are like earthworms, turning up the soil so things can grow, eating dirt so that the rest of us may eat green shoots.”
“I just spent 11 and a half months in a maximum-security jail, got shot five times, and was wrongly convicted of a crime I didn't commit.”
“There's always stories about cute girls in the gym, I'm just not one of those people.”

Source : "Gigi Hadid Hates the Gym, Loves Carbs, and Just Got Her First Fitness Campaign". Interview with Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. October 4, 2016.
“Trust completely in God, and when He brings you to a new opportunity of adventure, offering it to you, see that you take it.”
“Colleagues are a wonderful thing - but mentors, that's where the real work gets done.”
“You know, you never say never because before I did 'ER,' I always said 'I'll never do a TV series,' so that's what I said.”
“No Temple made by mortal human hands can ever compare to the Temple made by the gods themselves. That building of wood and stone that houses us and that many believe conceals the great Secret Temple from prying eyes, somewhere in its heart of hearts, is but a decoy for the masses who need this simple concrete limited thing in their lives. The real Temple is the whole world, and there is nothing as divinely blessed as a blooming growing garden.”

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