"I thought there were moments to complain about your parents and moments to be grateful, and it was a shame to mix those moments up."

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Karen Joy Fowler

#Grateful Quotes #Parent Quotes #Complaining Quotes

“Openly I whispered and breathed a big gulp of air and saw all the beautiful trees and birds which surrounded me. The morning was beautiful like your smile.”
“Weâ€™re turning everything on the planet into food for humans so weâ€™re cutting down the rainforests, displacing all of the animals, and weâ€™re doing all this to feed humans... ... Imagine if there were only 2 billion people polluting? Weâ€™re already overpopulated. I feel weâ€™ve become a parasite on this planet. If this population keeps growing, weâ€™ll just keep devouring the planet, and I donâ€™t think itâ€™s going to stand for that very long.”
“That's a movie quote, right? You know, if you do that with books, people think you're intelligent." Sophie lowered her chin. "If this is your pathetic attempt to seduce me again, you're falling miserably." "I don't seduce woman." Phin shoved back his chair and stood up. "They fall into my open arms." "Clumsy of them.”
“The image itself is kind of the least important factor to me, though I'm still interested in putting forth an interesting image. I see the image as the screen laid over top of what really interests me, which is that depth of surface and that filmic quality that it has when you pass the piece. The idea that my pieces look like paintings, but are most definitely not, is really interesting to me.”
“For many years I didn't have health insurance.”
“The smallest act of charity shall stand us in great stead.”
“I would like to be able to admire a man's opinions as I would his dog - without being expected to take it home with me.”
“I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor!”

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