"If I ever win you," he said, anger bright in his pale eyes, "it will be because you want me more. Not because he's gone. I'm nobody's second best."

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Source : Ann Aguirre (2012). “Outpost”, p.167, Macmillan

Ann Aguirre

#Eye Quotes #Winning Quotes #Gone Quotes

“Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.”
“The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.”
“I was at a small private school in London. I wasn't very academic. My dad said to me, 'OK, you might as well leave, since you're not working very hard'. When I told I him wanted to stay on for my A-levels, he said I'd have to pay my own fees, then he'd pay me back if I got good grades.”
“Weed is going to bring us together as a generation. Drugs is what created Woodstock. Let's be clear about that.”
“Lord, help us to live the virtue of generosity, to love without limits.”
“Seeing people get messed up never gets un-funny! And there's plenty of ways to do that.”
“No one has ever proved that a human being, through his descent from a certain group of people, must of necessity have certain mental characteristics.”

Source : Race and Democratic Society ch. 7 (1945)
“Do what you can to do what you ought, and leave hoping and fearing alone.”

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