"Right before my eyes, I could see my life going away from me and there was nothing I could do."

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Source : Jennifer Niven (2009). “Velva Jean Learns to Drive: Book 1 in the Velva Jean series”, p.367, Penguin

Jennifer Niven

#Eye Quotes #Going Away Quotes

“My strengthsâ€”which are really quite modestâ€”are limited to me, but with my weaknesses the possibilities are boundless.”
“We're going to make sure, regardless of disagreements we have on policy, that our military and intelligence cooperation to keep the Israeli people safe continues and that cooperation also helps the American people stay safe.”
“Hence, all you vain delights, As short as are the nights Wherein you spend your folly! There's naught in this life sweet But only melancholy; O sweetest melancholy!”
“Life is always at some turning point.”

Source : Irwin Edman (1968). “The Uses of Philosophy: An Irwin Edman Reader”
“The passenger train is like the male teat - neither useful nor ornamental.”
“The state was made for man, not man for state.”
“The Metropolitan Museum of Art is unsurpassed at presenting more than 50 centuries of work. I go there constantly, seeing things over and over, better than I've ever seen them before.”
“I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him.”

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