"Folks think a lifetime is a thing stretched out over years. It ain't. It can happen quick as a match in a dark room."

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Source : Esi Edugyan (2012). “Half-Blood Blues: A Novel”, p.205, Macmillan

Esi Edugyan

#Dark Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes

“The martini: the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet.”
“Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise.”
“Nothing succeeds like - failure.”
“And that love that wrinkles your nose touches my foolish heart.”
“I eat super healthy and I'm super fit. I dabble in every type of fitness. I have a trainer and I go to the gym. I do yoga as well.”
“You know, when I was nineteen, Grandpa took me on a roller coaster. Up, down, up, down. Oh, what a ride! I always wanted to go again. You know, it was just so interesting to me that a ride could make me so frightened, so scared, so sick, so excited, and so thrilled all together! Some didn't like it. They went on the merry-go-round. That just goes around. Nothing. I like the roller coaster. You get more out of it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Grandma". "Parenthood", www.imdb.com. 1989.
“Education begins at home. You can't blame the school for not putting into your child what you don't put into him.”
“We have weapons of mass destruction we have to address here at home. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Unemployment is a weapon of mass destruction.”

Source : "House Divided: Kucinich Delegates Block Kerry From Receiving Unanimous Nomination". "Democracy now" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. July 29, 2004.

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