"You will say good-bye for all the right reasons. You're tired of living in wait for his apocalypse. You have your own fight on your hands, and though it's no bigger or more noble than his, it will require all of your energy. It's you who has to hold on to earth. You have to tighten your grip -- which means letting go of him."

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Source : Melissa Bank (2000). “The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing”, p.151, Penguin

Melissa Bank

#Letting Go Quotes #Tired Quotes #Mean Quotes

“With cult foods, there is an underlying assumption that the best cooking ideas came generations ago. Yet culinary innovation is nothing to be ashamed of. When a chef tells me he is cooking with his grandmother's recipe, I always wonder why. Did talent skip the past two generations?”
“Ah! let us love, my Love, for Time is heartless, Be happy while you may!”
“Here is Heimel's Law: Anything you fantasize about won't come true. So just cut it out.”
“Alcohol, acid, cocaine... they were just affairs. When I met ***** it was true love.”

Source : Nikki Sixx (2008). “The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star”, p.35, Simon and Schuster
“People break down into two groups when the experience something lucky. Group number one sees it as more than luck, more than coincidence. They see it as a sign, evidence, that there is someone up there, watching out for them. Group number two sees it as just pure luck. Just a happy turn of chance.”

Source : "Signs". www.imdb.com. 2002.
“I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.”
“The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.”
“I like wearing my wedding ring, it's nice.”

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