"It is, after all, the dab of grit that seeps into an oyster's shell that makes the pearl, not pearl-making seminars with other oysters."

-- Stephen King

#Oysters Quotes #Grit Quotes #Pearls Quotes

“Let yourself feel good again, laugh with friends, have fun. Living your life to the full is not betrayal of a memory but fulfillment of a promise to someone who would want only the best for you.”
“If man attempts to suppress the animal side of his nature by a sheer effort of conscious will, nature finds a hundred unexpected and unpleasant ways to take its revenge.”
“Whatever the hell happens, say, 'This is what I need.'”
“Unless something happens that we can't predict, I don't think a lot will happen”
“hindsight is not a strategy.”
“Heaven, on occasion, half opens its arms to us; and that is the great moment.”
“The enemy bombards our front not only with a drumfire of artillery, but also with a drumfire of printed paper. Besides bombs, which kill the body, his airmen also throw down leaflets which are intended to kill the soul.”
“One develops an instinct for letting silence do the heavy lifting. In the three, four, five seconds that passed without either of us speaking, the many ways the conversation could go came and went like time-lapse film of flowers blooming and dying.”

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