"The body shuts down when it has too much to bear; goes its own way quietly inside, waiting for a better time, leaving you numb and half alive."

--

Jeanette Winterson

#Numbness Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Leaving Quotes

“I don't doubt myself ever, but people that don't know me do. I've been playing for 15 years, and have the most playoffs wins in Wings history for a reason, and not because I'm a bad goalie.”
“Trotskyism is not a new movement, a new doctrine, but the restoration, the revival of genuine Marxism as it was expounded and practiced in the Russian revolution and in the early days of the Communist International.”

Source : James P. Cannon (2002). “History of American Trotskyism, The, 1928-38: Report of a Participant”
“So okay, I don't want to be a traitor to my generation and all, but I don't get how guys dress today. I mean, come on, it looks like they just fell out of bed and put on some baggy pants and take their greasy hair-ew!-and cover it up with a backwards cap and like, we're expected to swoon? I don't think so.”
“The pioneer kills what he loves.”
“The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.”

Source : Elihu Root (1916). “Addresses on International Subjects”
“The television industry claims they are only reflecting society with their programming and have no influence on behavior. If that is the case then why do businesses spend millions on TV ads that have no influence?”
“It has been the privilege and the honor of my life to know you.”
“There is a certain swagger with vampires.”

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