"As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families."

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Source : Marina Lewycka (2006). “A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian”, p.68, Penguin

Marina Lewycka

#Falling In Love Quotes #Two Quotes #People Quotes

“America makes up its own mind about what it wants to see.”
“I have a terrible time during elections. I am way too politically involved. I absolutely never argue politics with anyone, as it makes me crazy and full of judgment and hostility. I have two very conservative friends, whom I cherish and would entrust my life to; we avoid politics like the plague. So in a certain way, it limits how completely we let ourselves know each other, but this is just the way it is and it is the best we can do. And I am secretly convinced that God is a progressive Democrat.”
“My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really.”
“If you're in America a lot, it's easy to get into playing American. All of it, the sounds, the energies, all very different. But it's really hard to do the accent. I tend to try and stay in it all day, which is the only way I can manage it.”
“No one should be required to see America for the first time.”
“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
“Neither reproaches nor encouragements are able to revive a faith that is waning.”

Source : Nathalie Sarraute (1990). “The age of suspicion: essays on the novel”, George Braziller
“I'm personally not into a guy who wears pedal pushers and a necklace.”

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