"When she walked through the woods (infrequently now) she picked her way along the path, making way for the boy inside to run along before her. It could be hard to choose the time outside over the time within. Almondine from The Story of Edgar Sawtelle"

-- David Wroblewski

#Running Quotes #Boys Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I'm very detail oriented. I think that's why people enjoy my memoirs - because I tend to remember everything.”
“Wish you could turn off the questions, turn off the voices, turn off all sound. Yearn to close out the ugliness, close out the filthiness, close out all light. Long to cast away yesterday, cast away memory, cast away all jeapordy. Pray you could somehow stop uncertainty, somehow stop the loathing, somehow stop the pain. Act on your impulse, swallow the bottle, cut a little deeper, put the gun to your chest.”

Source : Ellen Hopkins (2008). “Impulse”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Steps are what you take when you think you have forever.”
“Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.”
“I want you to make u and go halfzies on this cake. K? But. . . I want a piece too, so i guess we'll have to go thirdzies. . . Awwww, we're not going to be able to split the strawberry on top though. What should we do? Maybe I should just take it after all strawberries are my favorite. . . oh! I forgot to ask Hiku-chan, Kau-chan do you like strawberries? -Hunny”
“If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The rule of the game was never assume that anybody, however honorable, would be able to stand up under torture. If Mr. X, who knew where I was, was caught for some reason, I should move.”

Source : "To Save a Life: Stories of Holocaust Rescue" edited by Ellen Land-Weber, Part I, Holland, Ch. 1, (p. 48), 2000.
“My heart only ever had one thought, one want. One need. Despite all, in spite of all...All my heart has ever wanted is you.”

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