"If you live in the dark a long time and the sun comes out, you do not cross into it whistling. There's an initial uprush of relief at first, then-for me, anyway- a profound dislocation. My old assumptions about how the world works are buried, yet my new ones aren't yet operational.There's been a death of sorts, but without a few days in hell, no resurrection is possible."

-- Mary Karr

#Dark Quotes #Profound Quotes #Long Quotes

“Close your eyes and visualize the person you really want to be, who fits your own concepts of self-respect. If you can see the person clearly in the mirror of you mind, you surely will become that person.”
“Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy.”
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2010). “The Complete Khaled Hosseini: Digital box set”, p.67, A&C Black
“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.”

Source : "Fictional character: Mary Lennox". "The Secret Garden", www.imdb.com. August 13, 1993.
“In everything the ends well defined are the secret of durable success.”
“Women have to show that tummy to stay noticed.”
“God's standard of judgment goes down to the intents of the heart.”
“I've always been a MC that wrote socially and politically aware songs, although I listen to all types of hip-hop. This time around I got tracks that make me say "Tupac Shakur would be proud."”

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