"The halls were empty. Charlotte had missed the first bell and would be late, again. Her homeroom teacher would ask her for an excuse and she would say, 'Overwhelming feeling of dread.' That was going to go over nicely."

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Source : Anne Ursu (2008). “The Siren Song”, p.27, Simon and Schuster

Anne Ursu

#Teacher Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I havenâ€™t been right all year. I guess, you know, when you donâ€™t feel good, and you still get hits, thatâ€™s when you know you are a bad man.”
“Not only every great poet, but every genuine, but lesser poet, fulfils once for all some possibility of language, and so leaves one possibility less for his successors.”
“We are America; we don't torture. And the moment that is not the case, I want off the train.”

Source : "Shepard Smith Uncensored:'We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!'" by Nico Pitney, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 23, 2009.
“Maybe the French will get a manned craft into space if they can get a rocket strong enough to lift a bottle of wine.”
“I am really accessible.”
“There's only one reason why a character drinks: to seek confrontation. To fight for what they want in ways normally denied them.”
“Colonies are necessary to Germany. We shall get them through negotiation if possible; but if not, we shall take them.”

Source : "Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal" by the International Military Tribunal, Vol. 5, (p. 134), 1947.
“It's time to hand back responsibility for being an adult to everyone in the situation. You're not helping anybody by staying in a romantic relationship that isn't good for you or staying in a work relationship that sucks or staying in a friendship where you hate the other person. That's not helping anyone.”

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