"Anything that is given can be at once taken away. We have to learn never to expect anything, and when it comes it's no more than a gift on loan."

-- John McGahern

#Taken Quotes #Loan Quotes #Given Quotes

“I'm trying my best to keep my private life guarded. It's not easy at all. Non, non, non.”
“The one thing I've come to figure out is this equation where the more uncomfortable I am, the better I'm going to look. I'm like, "This one really hurts. I must look awesome!" The corsets are uncomfortable, but they are so flattering. No, my waist will never be that small.”
“I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.”
“The true feeling of sex is that of a deep intimacy, but above all of a deep complicity....”

Source : James Dickey (1984). “Sorties”, p.95, LSU Press
“The Palestinian people do not beg the world for a state, and the state can't be created through decisions and initiatives. States liberate their land first and then the political body can be established.”

Source : "Thousands of jubilant Palestinians cheer speech at UN". www.ctvnews.ca. September 23, 2011.
“the world is the cradle and your trap.”
“I've never had any intimate relationships with a dolphin.”
“There is no conclusive evidence of life after death, but there is no evidence of any sort against it. Soon enough you will know, so why fret about it?”

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