"I'm who I was waiting for. I didn't make it."

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Source : "Fictional character: Jessie Cates". "'night, Mother", www.imdb.com. 1986.

Marsha Norman

#Waiting Quotes

“I cling to my anger with every ounce of humanity left in my ruined body, but it's no use. It slips away, like a wave from shore. I am pondering this sad fact when I realize the blackness of sleep is circling my head. It's been there awhile, biding it's time and growing closer with each revolution. I give up on rage, which at this point has become a formality, and make a mental note to get angry again in the morning. Then I let myself drift, because there's really no fighting it.”
“I take the subway all the time here in New York. I love people watching and trying to figure out everybody's background, especially teenagers - they're so uninhibited when they display puppy love. I concoct stories in my mind: 'Are you guys like Romeo and Juliet?'”
“Storytelling has a narcotic power.”
“There is no plan, no future laid out for any of us beyond what we make for ourselves.”
“If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.”

Source : Interview with David Cronenberg, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 26, 2012.
“I just sing the stuff that makes me smile, makes me feel like I didn't sell myself out.”

Source : FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Aug 30, 2012
“To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says.”
“Once you have learned to ask questions - relevant and appropriate and substantial questions - you have learned how to learn and no one can keep you from learning whatever you want or need to know.”

Source : Neil Postman (2009). “Teaching As a Subversive Activity: A No-Holds-Barred Assault on Outdated Teaching Methods-with Dramatic and Practical Proposals on How Education Can Be Made Relevant to Today's World”, p.38, Delta

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