"Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?"

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Source : Lily King (2007). “The English Teacher”, p.105, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Lily King

#Illusion Quotes #Disappoint Quotes

“A lot of action movies today seem to have scenes that just lead up to the action.”
“The Big-Media collective is slow, stupid and shackled by ideology. Reality must bite them before they'll recognize it, much less report it.”
“And, so yeah, I'll always want to work in independent films because you're not forced into a category or a formula”
“Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that happened this day that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change your perspective of your day and your life. If you can learn to focus on what you have, you will always see that the universe is abundant; you will have more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never have enough.”
“Lord Jesu, I ask Thee, give unto me movement in Thy love without measure; desire without limit; longing without order; burning without discretion. Truly the better the love of Thee is, the greedier it is; for neither by reason is it restrained, nor by dread thronged, nor by doom tempted.”

Source : "The Fire of Love".
“Words are the legs of the mind; they bear it about, carry It from point to point, bed it down at night, and keep it off the ground and out of the marsh and mists.”
“From film to film, I realize my strengths and my weakness, and I realize how much better I get. I learn the lingo, I ask questions and I'm on set trying to figure out which shots they're going to use. For me, it's exploring the art. It's not just making a movie.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“You could live it up and be successful, but it wouldn't mean anything without love and friends. I could go broke and still be happy because love is all I need.”

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