"Meager as it is. Nothing to lose as I have. Nothing is something somehow."

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Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.39, Vintage

Peter Heller

#Nothing To Lose Quotes

“In circumstances as dark as these, it becomes us, as Men and Christians, to reflect that whilst every prudent measure should be taken to ward off the impending judgments, ...at the same time all confidence must be withheld from the means we use; and reposed only on that God rules in the armies of Heaven, and without His whole blessing, the best human counsels are but foolishness.”
“God does not begin by asking us about our ability, but only about our availability, and if we then prove our dependability, he will increase our capability.”
“You can't have been here long, you haven't got a pot belly.”
“Everybody wants you to do good things, but in a small town you pretty much graduate and get married. Mostly you marry, have children and go to their football games.”
“Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.”
“â€¦There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the loverâ€™s whisper, irresistibleâ€”magic to make the sanest man go mad.”
“It is my necessary breath of life to understand and expression is the only justification of life that I can feel without prodding.”
“Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.”

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