"I struggled in my mind with all kinds of defenses. Should I be hurt? Surprised? Should I laugh it off? I wanted to say something cruel to expiate my anger and to justify myself. But it's difficult with old friends; difficult because it's so easy. You know one another as well as lovers do and you have had less to pretend about. I poured myself a drink and shrugged. 'Nothing's perfect."

-- Jeanette Winterson

#Hurt Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Laughing Quotes

“My favorite color is rainbow.”

Source : Katherine Applegate (2008). “Roscoe Riley Rules #1: Never Glue Your Friends to Chairs”, HarperCollins
“I fell in love at 14 and I remember that mad, tense feeling and all the mad things you do for the person - all those extremes and all the stuff you don't mind putting up with.”
“Do I think I was put here on earth to be a journalist and to seek truth? No, I don't.”
“I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word.”

Source : "How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign" by Ellen MvGirt, www.fastcompany.com. April 01, 2009.
“Thereâ€™s a lot of times that both myself and my brother wish, obviously, that we were just completely normal.”
“Many of us, whether in the jungles of Asia or on the streets of Chicago, had discovered that noble causes can lead to ignoble actions and that we were capable of sacrificing honor to a sense of efficacy.”

Source : Linda Grant (1991). “Blind Trust”, Fawcett Books
“I fear / the place I have / in the memory of others. / They remind me of things / I myself have forgot.”
“The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.”

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