"For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick to one or the other. It was the switching back and forth that endangered things."

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Source : FaceBook post by Lorrie Moore from Apr 01, 2017

Lorrie Moore

#Lasts Quotes #Sticks Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“A synopsis of every story we do: someone gets over their own stupid ass.”

Source : "The Return of the Ultimate Music-Obsessive Comic, Phonogram". Interview with Tom Ewing, pitchfork.com. August 12, 2015.
“I was like twelve or something, when you first kiss a guy and you see the way the guy reacts, how they get really excited, or whatever. And I'm perceptive, so I think, "Ah, jeez, is that something that I'm able to do?"”
“It really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff.”
“All the money was spent for the 'Concept Plan' document, which made reasonable recommendations for developments. Now that's kind of being forgotten. That's why I think the public trust is being betrayed.”
“IÂ wish you a tolerable Thursday. That's all any of us can hope for.”
“The guilty think all talk is of themselves.”

Source : Geoffrey Chaucer (1966). “The Canterbury Tales”
“I am way less attached to the number the more I weigh. You always think that if you weigh less and get to that magical number, you'll think less about your weight. But I in fact thought about that lower number more... wanting to stay close to it, fearing it getting higher. I would fret each week seeing it go up. The mission to stay lean was always harder than getting there.”

Source : Source: www.popsugar.com
“A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.”

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