"I used to think truth was eternal, that once I knew, once I saw, it would be with me forever, a constant by which everything else could be measured. I know now that this isnâ€™t so, that most truths are inherently unretainable, that we have to work hard all our lives to remember the most basic things."

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Source : Lucy Grealy (1994). “Autobiography of a Face”, p.233, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Lucy Grealy

#Hard Work Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Forever Quotes

“It's the presence of others who are smarter, kinder, wiser, and different from you that enables you to evolve. Those are the people to surround yourself with at all times.”

Source : Adam Braun (2015). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.218, Simon and Schuster
“There’s no room for bravado when you’re alone in the bush.”
“I love to hear the note sing.”
“Like a tree losing its leaves. I forget even the thing I was thinking.”
“I don't jump in real life, why would I jump in a photo?”
“Covenants with God help us to know who we really are.”

Source : "Mormon Feminists Surprised By New Wording Referring To Women As ‘Blessed Disciples Of Jesus’" by Peggy Fletcher Stack, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 29, 2014.
“She was my rain. She was my unpredictable element. She was my fear. But a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“What monster have we here? A great Deed at this hour of day? A great just deed - and not for pay? Absurd - or insincere?”

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