"My father was always there for me when I lost. But, then, I never really lost when my father was there."

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Source : Laurie Beth Jones (1998). “Grow Something Besides Old: Seeds for a Joyful Life”

Laurie Beth Jones

#Father Quotes #Lost Quotes #Always There For Me Quotes

“Here was a thing that would grow old; here was a thing that would turn beautiful and lose that beauty, that would inherit the grace but also the bad ear and flawed figure of her mother, that would smile too much and squint too often and spend the last decades of her life creaming away the wrinkles made in youth until she finally gave up and wore a collar of pears to hide a wattle; here was the ordinary sadness of the world.”

Source : Andrew Sean Greer (2007). “The Confessions of Max Tivoli: A Novel”, p.71, Macmillan
“The more people who come from musical backgrounds and go into promotion, production, songwriting, A&R, plus get their business head together, the better. They'll not only understand the business aspect, they'll also have a true passion and ear for how quality is represented musically. Plus consumers will always have a hunger for R&B music.”
“The sidesaddle was designed to protect a maiden's virginity, while risking the maiden's neck. Rather much for rather little, I thought.”

Source : Sheri S. Tepper (2009). “Beauty”, p.10, Spectra
“Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshiped.”

Source : "The Martian". Book by Andy Weir, 2014.
“Paradoxical as it may seem, God means not only to make us good, but to make us also happy, by sickness, disaster and disappointment.”
“I think if he [Donald Trump] goes to the super bowl, he thinks the guys in the huddle are talking about him.”

Source : "All In" with Chris Hayes, www.today.com. August 26, 2013.
“Gratitude is something you show in relation to others.”
“There's always a joy in newness as a painter, and in sub-Saharan Africa, I encountered different realities with regard to light and how it bounces across the skin. The way that blues and purples come into play. In India and Sri Lanka, it was no different. It became a moment in which I had an opportunity to learn as a painter how to create the body in full form, and that's a very material and aesthetic thing. This is not conceptual. It's all an abstraction.”

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