"If the image one holds of one's self contains elements that don't square with reality, one is best advised to let go of them, however difficult that may be."

-- Sidney Poitier

#Letting Go Quotes #Reality Quotes #Self Quotes

“Aside from the posters, wherever there was room, there were books. Stacks and stacks of books. Books crammed into mismatched shelves and towers of books up to the ceiling. I liked my books.”
“The ugliest player I ever signed was Kenny Burns.”
“I think that being bullied is a shameful experience.”

Source : "Writers Reflect On Childhood Torment In 'Dear Bully'". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. September 7, 2011.
“The course of our lives follows ancient and immutable laws, with an ancient, changeless rhythm. Dreams never come true, and the instant they are shattered, we realize how the greatest joys of life lie beyond the realm of reality. The instant they are shattered we are sick with longing for the days when they flamed within us. Our fate spends itself in this succession of hope and nostalgia.”
“Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.”
“What love it to me...is his happiness. I'm not like you where I fall in love so I can be happy. All I need is for him to be smiling.”
“Every problem born of our poverty brought with it a sense of impotence: No escape, no help, anywhere!”
“The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round.”

Source : Arnold Bennett, Edward Knoblock, Alan Alexander Milne, Novel Coward, Robert Cedric Sherriff (1951). “Modern Plays ...”

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