"Flirting with madness was one thing; when madness started flirting back, it was time to call the whole thing off."

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Source : FaceBook post by Rohinton Mistry from Mar 29, 2016

Rohinton Mistry

#Flirting Quotes #Madness Quotes #Whole Quotes

“If you want to be proud of yourself, then do things in which you can take pride”
“Learn your lessons quickly and move on.”
“You know you're old when the president is younger than you.”
“In a perfect world, I don't think it [one's sexual orientation] is anyone else's business, but I do think there is value in standing up and being counted.”
“Is it any wonder why Princes & Kings / Are clowns that caper in their sawdust rings / When ordinary people who are like you and me / Are the builders of their destiny.”
“How hollow to have no secrets left; you shake yourself and nothing rattles. You're boneless as an anemone.”

Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2008). “The Story of a Marriage: A Novel”, p.60, Macmillan
“I listened for the voice I knew so well, the one I always heard at the beginning. Good girl, Macy! You're doing great! You know the first steps are the hardest part! They were. Sometimes I felt so out of sync, it was all could do not to quit after a few strides. But I kept on, as I did now. I had to, to get to the next part, this part, where I finally caught up with Wes, my shadow aligning itself with his, an dhe turned to look at me, pushing his hair our of his eyes.”
“I'm battling monsters, I'm pulling you out of the burning buildings/ and you say I'll give you anything but you never come through.”

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