"You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern."

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Source : Alison Lurie (2012). “The War Between the Tates: A Novel”, p.484, Open Road Media

Alison Lurie

#Hurt Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Fit Quotes

“I've been loving music all my life.”
“When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer.”
“Embrace your death. . . . Cherish your awareness of death as a gift from the universe.”
“Do not think of yourself as a small, compressed, suffering thing. Think of yourself as graceful and expanding, no matter how unlikely it may seem at the time.”

Source : B.K.S. Iyengar (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.40, Rodale
“Jen came first, and then they wanted to cast somebody that would... Kevin liked the idea of having a kind of The Ghost of That Character kind of haunt the movie in a way throughout, by having Raquel look so much like her. And also, it was sort of serendipity. I mean, she was also the best actress. I mean, as you can see Raquel has a pretty appealing, engaging kind of precocious, sparkly quality that's... it was just luck really that she happened to the film.”
“Honesty remains the best policy. If parents use alcohol in moderation in front of young children, that provides the right model. Drug use is more complex because even moderate use can have unforeseen consequences.”

Source : Source: www.psychologytoday.com
“We really try to have only one new particle per paper.”
“Lissa lowered her voice and added, "I might not even go to school anyway. I might defer and join the Peace Corps and go to Africa and shave my head and dig latrines." "Shave your head?" I said, because, really, this was the most ludicrous part of the whole thing. "You? Do you have any idea how ugly most people's bare heads are? They've got all kinds of bumps, Lissa. And you won't know until it's too late and you're flat-out bald.”

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