"Just because a marriage ended didn't mean that it hadn't been happy at times."

-- Liane Moriarty

“Before every game he played Willie Ofahengaue would pray. But it to us it was never clear whether he prayed for himself or for the safety of the opposition!”
“The pain, or the memory of pain, that here was literally sucked away by something nameless until only a void was left. The knowledge that this question was possible: pain that turns finally into emptiness. The knowledge that the same equation applied to everything, more or less.”
“Be neither saint nor sophist-led, but be a man.”
“I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.”

Source : Wendy Wasserstein (2005). “Sloth: The Seven Deadly Sins”, p.15, Oxford University Press
“...compelling outdoor imagery always combines some kind of personal connection to nature and skillful technique. The former seems to be a form of grace, and the latter an act of the will.”
“In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose-a productive purpose...”
“There is no point when all the material benefits of the world add up to a general state of happiness. It is the Great Misconception.”
“If you look at my bookings, they've gone down each season. That's something I'm trying to keep improving. On the pitch you don't want any silly bookings”

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