"The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in your zip code."

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Source : Mary Karr (2001). “Cherry”, p.173, Penguin

Mary Karr

#Book Quotes #Healing Quotes #Body Quotes

“I guess I'm not very human. All I really want to do is paint light on the side of a house.”
“I would like people to feel that they've understood something more about Siena than the usual Palio as seen by tourists. It is full of beauty, romance and tradition, but also power, schemes and bribery. It's Italy in a nutshell, with all its incredible mixture of beauty and betrayal.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“How someone treats a waiter or doorman can tell you so much about a person.”

Source : "Austin Butler, ‘Carrie Diaries’ Star: ‘I Was Rebellious And A Mess Of A Person’" by Erin Clements, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 1, 2013.
“No boy is worth crying over, and the one who is won't make you cry.”
“Dear Lord, our God and Saviour! for Thy gifts The world were poor in thanks, though every soul Were to do nought but breathe them, every blade Of grass, and every atomie of earth To utter it like dew.”
“I've always been a person that, if I'm with a woman, she's in the picture. Even my son's mom, she was on my early (album) covers.”
“O Youth! flame earnest, still aspire, With energies immortal! To many a heaven of Desire, Our yearning opes a portal! And tho' Age wearies by the way, And hearts break in the furrow, We'll sow the golden grain Today-- The Harvest comes tomorrow.”

Source : Gerald Massey (1864). “Poems”, p.22
“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.”

Source : bell hooks (2013). “Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom”, p.133, Routledge

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