"When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand."

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Source : 1952 Collected in The Journals,'The Late Forties and Fifties'.

John Cheever

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Sand Quotes

“To encourage more top-caliber students to choose teaching, teachers should be paid a lot more, with starting salaries more in the range of $60,000 and potential earnings of as much as $150,000.”
“People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.”
“All that we can't say is all we need to hear.”

Source : Song: Never Leave Lonely Alone, Album: Both Sides of the Gun, 2006
“Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.”
“You put yourself out there in the truest way you can and hope others do the same. You'll connect or you won't, but you did what you could. It's like playing ball in some way. There are guys on the team, like Cody, I'd give my life for. But you have to be willing to lay down your life for all of them if you want to put the best you on the field. Every guy on that field has to believe you'll bring nothing back off the field with you.”
“I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later”
“Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.”
“Basing our happiness on our ability to control everything is futile.”

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