"There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot."

-- Jonathan Carroll

#Book Quotes #Plot Quotes #Triggers Quotes

“Forgiveness means it finally becomes unimportant that you hit back. You're done. It doesn't necessarily mean that you want to have lunch with the person. If you keep hitting back, you stay trapped in the nightmare...”

Source : Anne Lamott (2006). “Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith”, p.47, Penguin
“When I meet my fans, it's not like meeting a stranger. It's like saying hello to someone that I already know.”
“Yet the people, and even the clergy, incapable of forming any rational judgment of the business of peace and war, presumed to arraign the policy of Stilicho, who so often vanquished, so often surrounded, and so often dismissed the implacable enemy of the republic. The first moment of the public safety is devoted to gratitude and joy; but the second is diligently occupied by envy and calumny.”
“I've spent my life supporting myself.”
“The Only cure for nihilism is for liberal democratic societies - their electorates, their judiciary, and their political leadership- to insist that force is legitimate only to the degree that it serves defensible poltical goals. Thus implies a constant exercise of due diligence...”
“Every time I go to big events, it's a trip. I feel like that kid who shouldn't really be there.”
“My priority is my son and my husband, and I have a lot of spinning plates, so I try to make sure they're not one of them.”
“I think you always have regrets.”

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