"When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble?"

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Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.84, Pan Macmillan

Hannah Kent

#Trouble Quotes

“I decided to pursue an acting career after having had an incredible experience working on a play in high school.”
“Having one's eyes opened doesn't make one grateful.”

Source : Greg Bear (2014). “Eon”, p.131, Open Road Media
“Please just look at those Indonesian cities: Jakarta, Surabaya, Medan... are there any other cities on earth, of that size, with such an absolute chronic lack of culture, and institutions that are supposed to make people think? Like theatres, archives, grand libraries, concert halls, art cinemas, progressive bookstores... There is nothing here.”
“Pity? You don't want to be pitied because you're a cripple in a wheelchair? Stay in your house!”
“I think of every double-decker loop as another loop towards my death. And that is why I've always thought of the double-decker loop as - each loop as a continuous and individualized search for perfection.”

Source : "The Cruise". Documentary, 1998.
“And she is going to dance, dance hungry, dance full, dance each cold astonishing moment, now when she is young and again when she is old.”
“What a cruel thing is war: to separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this world; to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors, and to devastate the fair face of this beautiful world.”
“Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.”

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