"I knew immediately something was terribly wrong, but you can know that and not allow the thought in your head, at the front of your head. It dances around at the back, where it can't be controlled. But the front of the head is where the pain begins."

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Source : Sebastian Barry (2008). “The Secret Scripture”, p.165, Faber & Faber

Sebastian Barry

#Pain Quotes #Thoughts In Your Head Quotes

“The games we have the ability to play in our minds amaze me.”
“From watching Lester (Flatt), I learned that it's important to be loyal to the people who made you and bought your music. He called me up to the front of the (tour) bus on the very first trip I went on with him. Lester pointed out two elderly people who were walking towards the but. He said, 'Those two people have been coming to see me since the mid 40's. That's what a country fan is all about.'”
“One of my personality defects, perhaps, is that I'm rather ADD, and I work on a bunch of things at once.”
“I'm a better polemicist in prose.”
“I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.”
“One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.”
“More than anything else, technology will pave the way for innovative change at Starbucks. The bulk of Starbucks' innovation over the next several years will be technology-focused.”
“To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from care or anxiety.”

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