"And no matter what, there's not one thing in this world or the next that we can do or hope or guess at or wish or pray that can change it or help it one iota. Because whatever is, is. That's all. And all there is now is to be ready for it, strong enough for it, whatever it may be. That's all. That's all that matters. It's all that matters because it's all that's possible."

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Source : James Agee (2008). “A Death in the Family”, p.99, Penguin

James Agee

#Strong Quotes #Wish Quotes #May Quotes

“I assume this is all part of some brutally simplistic plan you've thought up?" "Yes." "Oh, good.”
“For me, even my break time I like to pull out the bow and just go over a Vivaldi sonata and keep my head sharp, keep everything sharp.”
“To attract money, you must focus on wealth.”
“Art is an expression of who we are, what we believe, and what we dream about”

Source : "Julianne Moore Talks SPF, Tom Ford, and 'The English Teacher'". Interview with Ashley Terrill, www.elle.com. May 17, 2013.
“I believe I became one of the first singers to be launched via television exposure. I guess I was a new kind of musical stylist for a new kind of media.”
“The doctor must have put my pacemaker in wrong. Every time my husband kisses me, the garage door goes up.”
“Golf is like smoking, I have been trying to quit for years.”
“The folly of endless consumerism sends us on a wild goose-chase for happiness through materialism.”

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