"You were going to travel for love, without shoes, or cloak, or common sense. This is one of the things a woman can do when her lover leaves her. It's hard on the feet perhaps, but staying at home is hard on the heart, and you weren't quite ready to give up on him yet."

-- Kelly Link

#Giving Up Quotes #Home Quotes #Heart Quotes

“All jealousy must be strangled in its birth...”
“The great theme of modern British history is the fate of freedom. The 18th century inherits, after the Civil War, this very peculiar political animal. It's not a democracy, but it's not a tyranny. It's not like the rest of the world, the rest of Europe. There is a parliament, laws have to be made, elections are made.”
“In the middle of it all, pause and look around you. Appreciate whatâ€™s beautiful. Take in the love. Nod to whatâ€™s good and true. And then move forward one step at a time.”
“The book is a uniquely durable object, one that can be fully enjoyed without being damaged. A book doesn't require fuel, food, or service; it isn't very messy and rarely makes a noise. A book can be read over and over, then passed on to friends, or resold at a garage sale. A book will not crash or freeze and will still work when filled with sand. Even if it falls into the bath, it can be dried out and finished. Books require no special training to operate.”
“Music is like my security blanket.”
“I am not naive enough to settle for anything less than a reasonable valuation of my worth.”

Source : "Roy Keane: a history of speaking out", www.theguardian.com. May 28, 2002.
“With a gun against my belly I... I always smile.”
“An Islamic writer recalls her joy in the clothes she wore as a young girl at a wedding: They were always in beautiful bright colors: crimson, pink, turquoise, purple, and embroidered with sparkling crystals, sequins and beads. ... The older girls and women would wear glamorous heavily-beaded silk blouses and long, princess-like skirts. I wanted to wear those fairy-tale clothes too. I longed even more to wear a sari which the women wore so elegantly and which flattered their curves.”

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