"Would I still feel this way on leaving the party tonight? Or would I find cunning ways to latch on to minor defects so they'd start to bother me and allow me to snuff the dream till it tapered off and lost its luster and, with its luster gone, remind me once again, as ever again, that happiness is the one thing that in our lives others cannot bring."

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Source : André Aciman (2010). “Eight White Nights: A Novel”, p.5, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

AndrÃ© Aciman

#Breakup Quotes #Dream Quotes #Party Quotes

“If a manager of mine ever said someone was indispensable, I'd fire him.”
“I'm a heathen when it comes to marriage.”
“There are no rules and regulations for perfect composition. If there were we would be able to put all the information into a computer and would come out with a masterpiece. We know that's impossible. You have to compose by the seat of your pants.”
“My parents only had one argument in 45 years. It lasted 43 years.”
“Nothing is more abstract than reality.”

Source : Karen Wilkin, Giorgio Morandi (2007). “Giorgio Morandi: works, writings and interviews”, Poligrafa Ediciones Sa
“Some people', Miss R. said,'run to conceits or wisdom but I hold to the hard, brown, nutlike word. I might point out that there is enough aesthetic excitement here to satisfy anyone but a damned fool.”
“A blessed thing it is for any man or woman to have a friend, one human soul whom we can trust utterly, who knows the best and worst of us, and who loves us in spite of all our faults.”

Source : Charles Kingsley (2008). “Daily Thoughts (EasyRead Comfort Edition)”, p.47, ReadHowYouWant.com
“My parents were really strict about me not watching cartoons.”

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