"I think about the hurt that stories cannot ease, not with a thousand tellings."

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Source : Anita Shreve (2014). “The Weight Of Water”, p.130, Hachette UK

Anita Shreve

#Hurt Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Stories Quotes

“I don't fear death. I remember my last meeting with my father when he told me, You know, tonight when I will be killed, my mother and my father will be waiting for me. It makes me weepy... but I don't think it can happen unless God wants it to happen because so many people have tried to kill me.”

Source : "Destiny’s daughter". Interview with Ginny Dougary, www.thetimes.co.uk. April 28, 2007.
“You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.”
“Mr. Edison worked endlessly on a problem, using the method of elimination. If a person asked him if he were discouraged because so many attempts proved unavailing, he would say, "No, I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.".”
“If you decide that you are making love to have a child then you are to prepare. Prepare physiologically, spiritually, and know that you have enough money to give him what you have to give him.”

Source : Source: www.whitelotus.org
“If we have the truth, it cannot be harmed by investigation. If we have not the truth, it ought to be harmed.”
“Every good poem asks a question, and every good poet asks every question.”

Source : Kim Addonizio, Dorianne Laux (2010). “The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry”, p.23, W. W. Norton & Company
“The spirit, like the body, can be strengthened and developed by frequent exercise. Just as the body, if neglected, grows weaker and finally impotent, so the spirit perishes if untended.”
“Contrary to what they tell you... You are not a limited material being.”

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