"Grief-stricken. Stricken is right; it is as though you had been felled. Knocked to the ground; pitched out of life and into something else."

--

Source : Penelope Lively (2007). “Moon Tiger”, p.104, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Penelope Lively

“These early decisions can foreclose many opportunities to reshape the patterns of development in a community so as to make it better and safer by reducing vulnerability to future disasters.”
“You must market your marketing.”
“There is still a lot of misinformation being spread about higher education funding arrangements under the new Act. The students page on my website sets out the main points in the Act.”
“My mother told me two things constantly. One was to be a lady, and the other was to be independent. The study of law was unusual for women of my generation. For most girls growing up in the '40s, the most important degree was not your B.A., but your M.R.S.”
“Baseball is the only sport I know that when you're on offense, the other team controls the ball.”
“I don't look at a problem and put variables in there that don't affect it.”
“Before Jersey Shore, I was a DJ struggling to promote, deejaying six nights a week and hustling to pack clubs.”

Source : "Jersey Shore Season 3 Finale: Pauly D Interview on Justin Bieber & More". Interview with Marlow Stern, www.thedailybeast.com. March 23, 2011.
“I think we must cling to the hope that we can see in the great heroism, the bravery of the firemen and policemen, and the outpouring of caring and concern that has come pouring in from around the world.”

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