"It's a long day's drive any way you look at it. With a man who has taken your sins - real and imagined - and stitched them onto the sackcloth of his own soul, it is endless."

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Source : Alexandra Fuller (2005). “Scribbling the Cat: Travels with an African Soldier”, p.175, Penguin

Alexandra Fuller

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“It is a thousand pities never to say what one feels.”
“Remember the hours after September 11th when we came together as one to answer the attack against our homeland. We drew strength when our firefighters ran upstairs and risked their lives so that others might live; when rescuers rushed into smoke and fire at the Pentagon; when the men and women of Flight 93 sacrificed themselves to save our nation's Capitol; when flags were hanging from front porches all across America, and strangers became friends. It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.”
“The greatest virtue is not in forgiving those who apologize, or in being kind to those who are kind to you. The biggest virtue is in forgiving even those who never apologize, and in being kind to even those who are not kind to you.”
“I know that love is about power, too. Who gives, who takes. Who is willing to risk showing their true self.”

Source : Alison Goodman (2011). “Eona”, p.281, Penguin
“Resting for me is fitness training.”
“I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in Heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot, As if a chart were given.”
“But how will I know who my Soulmate is?â€ Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risksâ€™ she said to Brida. â€˜ By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.”
“However, if you do start crying in an argument and someone asks why, you can always say, 'I'm just crying because of how wrong you are.'”

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