"It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you."

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Source : David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.154, Egmont UK

David Levithan

#Lonely Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Winning Quotes

“Photography mirrored the [nineteenth century] will towards rigor, towards defining details, the need for miniscule description, the long-distance optics, for technology at the service of truth, for concepts of credibility, of objectivity, the need to archive, for the consolidation of institutions like the museum, in short, towards a need to control memory.”
“Pure suffering has a consciousness, a tongue, a heart all its own and even the memory of it is but a pale unreality when compared with the actual experience.”
“I believe you can have discipline without fear. I believe that you can have a cohesive and inclusive band where students and parents feel welcome to express their concerns or opinions.”
“I Am Really Gifted To Play Under The Leadership Of MS Dhoni.”
“Ahh! Lady Pillows. So much fluffier than mine.â€ He took a giant whiff. â€œWhy does everything girlie smell so delightful?â€ â€œBecause we acknowledge the importance of basic hygiene. And periodically clean our bathrooms.â€ â€œBrilliant. I should write that down. After all, it takes a village.”
“He who sows hurry reaps indigestion.”
“I worked as a roadie in the rock and roll business which was great fun. Very little money, very little food and the whole thing about the roadie's lifestyle is great because all the groupies have to go through the roadies to get to the rock stars. It's not necessarily true.”
“In the consciousness of belonging together, in the sense of constancy, resides the sanctity, the beauty of matrimony, which helps us to endure pain more easily, to enjoy happiness doubly, and to give rise to the fullest and finest development of our nature.”

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