"I thought the best thing to do would be nothing, and in that way things couldnâ€™t get any worse."

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Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.102, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Peter Cameron

#Would Be Quotes #Way Quotes

“Travel is like adultery: one is always tempted to be unfaithful to one's own country. To have imagination is inevitably to be dissatisfied with where you livein our wanderlust, we are lovers looking for consummation.”

Source : Elisabeth Eaves (2011). “Wanderlust: A Love Affair with Five Continents”, p.8, Seal Press
“Bollywood actors are so set in what they want, and the way they want it. And why shouldn't they be? But it is not the same in Hollywood, because the love of the audience is not the same.”
“Cross country skiing is great if you live in a small country.”
“One can perfectly well philosophize while cooking supper.”
“A lot like yesterday, a lot like never.”
“When should a college athlete turn pro? Not until he has earned all he can in college as an amateur.”
“People envision [looking inside the brain] as being very difficult. You had to take a spaceship, shrink it down, inject it into the bloodstream.”
“An athlete learns how to hold her breath, but that doesn't work in singing. You have to learn to relax.”

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