"There was a roaring in my ears and I lost track of what they were saying. I believe it was the physical manifestation of unbearable grief."

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Barbara Kingsolver

#Grief Quotes #Believe Quotes #Track Quotes

“... the hey-day of a woman's life is on the shady side of fifty, when the vital forces heretofore expended in other ways are garnered in the brain, when their thoughts and sentiments flow out in broader channels, when philanthropy takes the place of family selfishness, and when from the depths of poverty and suffering the wail of humanity grows as pathetic to their ears as once was the cry of their own children.”
“I never heard a wood thrush until I was a grown man, though I must have been surrounded by them every spring. Each year I discover new sights and sounds to teach me how blind and deaf I must still be.”
“You can't really protect women or men from their choices, so let them have their own lives and trust the process. Given the history of society's efforts to control women's sexuality and reproduction, this remained a revolutionary idea. No wonder it disturbed and frightened some people so deeply.”
“If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.”
“Thatâ€™s what you taught me - we donâ€™t have to accept destiny or Des Tiny. We can create our own future, all of us. We have the power to rule our lives - we just have to make the choice to use it.”
“I've got nothing against big-budget values. I mean, I was very proud of 'The Avengers,' the part that I played in it, albeit a small one. It was thrilling to be part of it. But it's so huge that you can never really wrap your mind around it.”

Source : "Angel's Alexis Denisof goes post-apocalyptic in a new web series". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. August 7, 2012.
“Love is rarely flawless,â€ Carter pointed out. â€œHumans delude themselves by thinking it has to be. It is the imperfection that makes love perfect.”
“I have nothing intelligent to say.”

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