"In asserting that people don't change, what she means is that they don't change for the better. Whereas changing for the worse, that goes without saying."

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Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.18, Penguin

A.S.A. Harrison

#Mean Quotes #People Quotes #Change For The Better Quotes

“If all music did was bring the past alive, that would be fine. You can hide away in music and let it recapture memories of things that used to be. But music is greedy and it wants more of your heart than that. It demands the future, your future. Music wants the rest of your life. So you can't rest easy. At any moment, a song can come out of nowhere to shake you up, jump-start your emotions, ruin your life.”
“You can be the outcast or be the backlash of somebody's lack of love. Or you can start speaking up.”

Source : Song: Brave, Album: The Blessed Unrest, 2013
“Don't waste your love on stupid people. Anyone stupid enough to deny or reject it-in the midst of the Love Depression we're in-does not deserve it.”
“General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.”
“Peace of mind arrives the moment you come to peace with the contents of your mind.”
“Stopâ€¦stop, thatâ€™s the next generation of fansâ€¦ How dare you pass judgment on those 12-year-old girls who like vampires! They need to be encouraged because in six years theyâ€™ll be 18-year-old girls who like vampires and are into all sorts of goth-permissive and whatnot. Donâ€™t Poo-poo it. Thereâ€™s a plan, and itâ€™s working.”
“Because there were all kinds of hell - some were black and dirty, and some were silvery and high.”
“Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.”

Source : Letter to Montagu, 6 May 1736, in 'Letters'

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