"life is not so long that one can grow tired of it"

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Source : Amin Maalouf (1999). “Ports of call”, Harvill Press

Amin Maalouf

#Tired Quotes #Long Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither.”

Source : William Trevor (1999). “Death in Summer”, p.145, Penguin
“It is as bad to clip conscience as to clip coin; it is as bad to give a counterfeit statement as a counterfeit bill.”
“No number before zero. The numbers may go on forever, but like the cosmos, they have a beginning.”
“As for my voice, it cannot be categorized-and I like it that way, because I sing things that would be considered in the dramatic, mezzo or spinto range. I like so many different kinds of music that I've never allowed myself the limitations of one particular range.”
“I had a friend, Melissa, who was 28 years old. She was my best friend's wife, and she was my wife's best friend. She died of breast cancer. When she passed away back in 2004 was the last time I cried.”
“To wake up in England and have the newspaper on your front door with a headline that says, 'Ozzie's Beach Whale of a Daughter,' doesn't really do much for your self-esteem at all.”
“I'll propose anything where I can make a buck.”
“I supported Obama because of his relationships. A lot of the things he believes in, you would say that it's not in the best interest for someone in my tax bracket, but it's not about that. It's about him making the world better and making it equal and even all around, and that's what I'm supporting when I supported Obama.”

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