"My mother had a life-altering stroke when I was nineteen and she died when I was twenty-three. I'm now older than my mother when she died and my relationship with her has really changed over these many years. I continue to stay interested in her and I know her differently now. Losing my mother, losing dear friends, is now part of the fabric of my being alive. And the fabric keeps changing, which is interesting."

-- Victoria Redel

#Mother Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Losing Quotes

“Because of my childhood where I was constantly by myself, I always feel lonely. I have a lot of people that I absolutely love and I know love me but I can't get rid of that feeling of loneliness no matter who I'm with - even with my children.”

Source : "Natalia Vodianova: My family values". Interview with Britt Collins, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.
“It's one thing to show your love for someone when everything is going fine and life is smooth. But when the 'in sickness and in health' part kicks in and sickness does enter your lives, you're tested. Your resilience is tested.”
“Without risk, we are automatons going through our days with no purpose or meaning. We are safer, perhaps, but we are also, ironically, closer to death.”

Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “The Sleeping Beauty Proposal”, p.210, Penguin
“I've lived in California for six years and I've never surfed.”
“It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.”
“And woman is the same as horses: two wills act in opposition inside her. With one will she wants to subject herself utterly. With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition.”
“The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India's transformation in the new millennium.”
“Sometimes we have to leave home in order to find out what we left there, and why it matters so much.”

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