"Grief lasts longer than sympathy, which is one of the tragedies of the grieving."

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Source : Elizabeth McCracken (2008). “An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir”, p.38, Hachette UK

Elizabeth McCracken

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“Science is a capital or fund perpetually reinvested; it accumulates, rolls up, is carried forward by every new man. Every man of science has all the science before him to go upon, to set himself up in business with. What an enormous sum Darwin availed himself of and reinvested! Not so in literature; to every poet, to every artist, it is still the first day of creation, so far as the essentials of his task are concerned. Literature is not so much a fund to be reinvested as it is a crop to be ever new-grown.”
“Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.”

Source : George Bancroft “History of the United States, from the discovery of the amarican continent”
“But, this dark place is not the end. Remember that the darkness of night precedes the dawn. And as long as your heart still beats, this is not the death of it. You donâ€™t have to die here. Sometimes, the ocean floor is only a stop on the journey. And it is when you are at this lowest point, that you are faced with a choice. You can stay there at the bottom, until you drown. Or you can gather pearls and rise back upâ€”stronger from the swim, and richer from the jewels.”
“It is from among such individuals that all human failures spring.”
“I think there's always pieces of yourself that bleed into your character. That's inevitable.”

Source : "Dustin Clare SPARTACUS: VENGEANCE Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 23, 2012.
“The domain of the ballet dancer is not earth but air.”
“Wait a minute. You expect me to stay overnight in a house with four single men? Sean grinned. We're perfect gentlemen, Kim. Everyone knows that. Don't let us worry you. I'm not worried about my reputation, I'm worried about the state of the bathrooms.”
“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”

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