"Words become meaningless, the mind cuts itself off from reality for a little while, a necessary breathing space until one is ready to cope."

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Source : Jack Higgins (2016). “The Liam Devlin Novels: The Eagle Has Landed, Touch the Devil, and Confessional”, p.18, Open Road Media

Jack Higgins

#Cutting Quotes #Reality Quotes #Breathing Quotes

“Soap operas got nothing on my family history.”
“If the American people don't love me, their descendants will.”
“Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.”

Source : Danielle Trussoni (2013). “Angelopolis: A Novel”, p.75, Penguin
“I'm of the school 'Write what you know.' You can educate yourself, but the best writing usually comes from the heart.”
“I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.”
“The pale pink light of dawn sparkled on branch and leaf and stone. Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. Flowers and mushrooms alike wore coats of glass. Even the mud puddles had a bright brown sheen. Through the shimmering greenery, the black tents of his brothers were encased in a fine glaze of ice. So there is magic beyond the Wall after all.”
“Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed.”

Source : "Quotes on the death of Vaclav Havel". The Guardian, December 18, 2011.
“All live to die, and rise to fall.”

Source : Christopher Marlowe, Stephen J. Lynch (2015). “Edward II: With Related Texts”, p.73, Hackett Publishing

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