"We all need a past - that's where our sense of identity comes from."

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Penelope Lively

#Past Quotes #Identity Quotes #Needs Quotes

“When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end of all laws, and so become null and void.”
“When I find someone I respect writing about an edgy, nervous wine that dithered in the glass, I cringe. When I hear someone I don't respect talking about an austere, unforgiving wine, I turn a bit austere and unforgiving myself. When I come across stuff like that and remember about the figs and bananas, I want to snigger uneasily. You can call a wine red, and dry, and strong, and pleasant. After that, watch out....”
“Nothing kills the soul that commands to evil (Nafs al Ammarra) like seeing the beauty of the heart.”
“Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.”
“You call yourself what you want to call yourself. This is the land of the free”
“For fast-acting relief try slowing down.”
“When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”
“I don't care what any writer says about me ... I just want to play my game.”

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