"But people didn't forgive you for doing what felt right-that was the last thing they forgave you for."

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Source : Chad Harbach (2011). “The Art of Fielding: A Novel”, p.192, Hachette UK

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“But of course you can have your cake and eat it, too - if you decide to to bake a second cake. And you may well find that baking two cakes does not take twice the work of baking one.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.14, University of Pennsylvania Press
“Iâ€™ll never second guess the things that I have done. Iâ€™ve got too much left to say and too much to become.”
“Pale amber sunlight falls across The reddening October trees.... Are we not better and at home In dreamful Autumn, we who deem No harvest joy is worth a dream? A little while and night shall come, A little while, then, let us dream...”

Source : Ernest Dowson (2015). “The Poems of Ernest Dowson”, p.51, Read Books Ltd
“Let us avoid debt as we would avoid a plague...Let every head of every household see to it that he has on hand enough food and clothing, and, where possible, fuel also, for at least a year ahead...Let every head of household aim to own his own home, free from mortgage. Let us again clothe ourselves with these proved and sterling virtues-honesty, truthfulness, chastity, sobriety, temperance, industry, and thrift; let us discard all covetousness and greed.”
“October, baptize me with leaves! Swaddle me in corduroy and nurse me with split pea soup. October, tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins. O autumn! O teakettle! O grace!”
“Don't worry about getting it right. Just get it started.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 22, 2017
“My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.”
“Memories begin to creep forward from hidden corners of your mind. Passing disappointments. Lost chances and lost causes. Heartbreaks and pain and desolate, horrible loneliness. Sorrows you thought long forgotten mingle with still-fresh wounds.”

Source : FaceBook post by Erin Morgenstern from Nov 07, 2012

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