"Sometimes I look back and I am shocked. Everyday of my life I have prepared for success, worked for it, waited for it, and you don't notice how the days pass until nearly a lifetime is finished. Then it hits you--the thing you have been waiting for has already gone by. And it was going in the other direction. It's like I've been waiting on the wrong side of the road for a bus that was already full." p. 265"

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Monica Ali

#Waiting Quotes #Everyday Quotes #Gone Quotes

“He holds him with his glittering eye, And listens like a three years' child.”
“As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse.”
“Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.”
“I come from a family who prided themselves, both sides, on memory. And I was told growing up, constantly, that I was born with a really good memory.”
“We are all the best versions of ourselves when we have love and acceptance in our lives.”
“Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs.”

Source : John Braine (1975). “Writing a Novel”, McGraw-Hill Companies
“Gay marriage is the last bastion of, to me... as a legal, ceremonial, sentimental and religious side, it's one of the last steps. Retaining your job being one of the earlier steps, like, not getting kicked out of your job because you're gay.”
“I can bring in experiences that other actors who only grew up in television do not have.”

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