"Through this world I've stumbled, so many times betrayed, trying to find an honest word, to find the truth enslaved."

-- Sarah McLachlan

#Religious Quotes #Religion Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Any medium powerful enough to extend man's reach is powerful enough to topple his world.”
“For me, the creative process for me always starts in a personal place. I step away from my iPod or any records or CDs.”
“All of women's stories in the 19th century had either one of two endings: you either had the good Jane Austen marriage at the end and you were happy; or you had the terrible Henry James savage downfall because of your own hubris as a woman, or you've made some great error leading you down a path to ruin. One is the story of love that's successful and the other is the story usually of reckless love that goes terribly wrong that destroys the woman.”
“In the nurturing family...parents see themselves as empowering leaders not as authoritative bosses. They see their job primarily as one of teaching their children how to be truly human in all situations. They readily acknowledge to the child their poor judgment as well as their good judgment; their hurt, anger, or disappointment as well as their joy. The behavior of these parents matches what they say.”
“a soldier lives always for the next battle, because he knows that before it arrives impossible changes can occur in his favor.”
“We have a tradition of passing our history orally and singing a lot of it and writing songs about it and there's kind of a calling in Irish voices when they're singing in their Irish accent.”
“There is fire and fire: The fire that burns and the fire that gives warmth, a fire that sets a forest ablaze and the fire that puts a cat to sleep. So is it with self-love. The member that once seemed one of the wonders of the world soon becomes as homely as an old slipper. Mathew and himself gradually ceased to excite each other.”

Source : Gilbert Adair (2014). “The Dreamers”, p.13, Faber & Faber
“We manufacture anger to give ourselves the illusion of power when we feel weak and helpless.”

Source : Sophie Hannah (2011). “Lasting Damage: Culver Valley Crime”, p.49, Hachette UK

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