"There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty."

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Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.74, Pan Macmillan

Helen Oyeyemi

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“Your biggest dream? - Nora Grey Kiss you. - Patch Cipriano”
“If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the monsters would have gotten us or we would have killed each other off with greed and jealousy and anger. So we have to believe in good. We have to look for the good in ourselves.”
“Hang that question up in your houses, "What would Jesus do?" and then think of another, "How would Jesus do it?" for what he would do, and how he would do it, may always stand as the best guide to us.”
“Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been â€œa means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.”
“You see, you closed your eyes. That was the difference. Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too--even when youâ€™re in the dark. Even when youâ€™re falling.”

Source : "Fictional character: Morrie Schwartz". "Tuesdays with Morrie", www.imdb.com. 1999.
“The introduction of cooking may well have been the decisive factor in leading man from a primarily animal existence into one that was more fully human.”
“Everywhere man is confronted with fate , with a chance of achieving something through his own suffering.”
“In winter there is no heat, no light, no noon, evening touches morning, there is fog, and mist, the window is frosted, and you cannot see clearly. The sky is but the mouth of a cave. The whole day is the cave.... Frightful season! Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.”

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