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Claire LaZebnik

"He only invited me because of you and Chase.' 'Right,' she said, following me inside. 'He's never shown the slightest interest in you before. I mean, he's never stared at you like you're the only person in the room when we're all together. Or sulked around for days because you turned him down for a dance. Or touched the sleeve of your sweater when he thinks no one's looking-' 'He's never done any of that,' I said. Then, less confidently, 'Has he?"

-- Claire LaZebnik

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“You see, you cannot draw lines and compartments, and refuse to budge beyond them, sometimes you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success”

Source : Rohinton Mistry (2008). “A Fine Balance”, p.232, Faber & Faber
“[When I photograph] I project what I'm not. What I would like to be.”
“Fondly we think we honor merit then, when we but praise ourselves in other men.”
“It's easier to be a grownup than to be a kid. When you're a kid, you lie constantly and people are always calling you on it. And when you're a grownup, you lie constantly and people rarely do. Children are constantly being caught. Adults rarely so. Being an adult, you also get a free pass, which means you have to actively be a good person because nobody's around to tell you to do that. Even evil kids will be good when adults are watching. But once you're an adult, no one is. As a grownup, you've got an agency over your own life, which hopefully you use for the greater good and not evil.”
“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dak trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more the prettiness.”
“Here were also moments of, you know, you have an exhibition: no sale, no reviews. It's hard not to get blue, and I think the kids were very aware of those periods. So if there's anything they've picked up, it's a kind of resiliency. That seems like a pretty good legacy.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“There is no key to happiness; the door is always open”
“You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.”

Source : "True colours" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2006.

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