"You are not in this life to count up victories and defeats. You are in it to love and be loved."

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Source : Matthew Thomas (2014). “We Are Not Ourselves: A Novel”, p.594, Simon and Schuster

Matthew Thomas

#Victory Quotes #Defeat Quotes #This Life Quotes

“There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2002). “Kushiel's Dart”, p.91, Macmillan
“Was it all inevitable, John?" Reeve was pushing his fingers across the floor of the cell, seated on his haunches. I was lying on the mattress. Yes," I said. "I think it was. Certainly, it's written that way. The end of the book is there before the beginning's hardly started.”

Source : Ian Rankin (2014). “Knots and Crosses: An Inspector Rebus Novel”, p.170, Macmillan
“Original thoughts can be understood only in virtue of the unoriginal elements which they contain.”
“Wilshere looks like he's got the grit between his teeth”
“The moment in between what you once were, and who you are now becoming, is where the dance of life really takes place.”
“Sometimes waiting is the hardest thing of all.”
“If you tell somebody enough, "You're stupid, you're not worth it, you can't do this, you can't do that," then how many times do you have to hear that before you believe it? The power of words is immeasurable.”

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“The only thing Google has failed to do, so far, is fail.”

Source : John Battelle (2011). “The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture”, p.178, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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