"As my mother says, your forties are when you finally pay for your past mistakes, the cigarettes and sunburns, the Big Macs and smooth-talking men. She may be right."

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Source : Sarah Strohmeyer (2008). “Sweet Love”, p.28, Penguin

Sarah Strohmeyer

#Mother Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Past Quotes

“Be grateful that you only see the outward man. Be grateful that you never see the passions, the hatreds, the jealousies, the malice, the sicknesses... Be grateful you rarely see the frightening truth in people.”

Source : Alfred Bester (1978). “Demolished Man”, Pocket
“Consequentialist theories begin with a very simple and undoubtedly valid point: Every action aims at a future end, and is seen as a means to it.”
“If you were close enough to her ruby-red lips you would hear her say, 'I will rise now and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek the one I love.' She is whispering that, and she whispers, 'By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth. Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth. My beloved is mine and I am his.”
“I want to go to practice. I want to be in the huddles. That's me.”
“What makes sovereign ugliness are our conventions.”
“There is an explosion of information happening, yet people demand quick access to relevant content that cuts through the clutter.”
“This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.”
“As I always say, 'Not always right, but never in doubt.'”

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