"Love does nothing but make you weak! It turns you into an object of pity and derision-a mewling pathetic creature no more fit to live than a worm squirming on the pavement after a hard summer rain."

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Source : Teresa Medeiros (2013). “The Vampire Who Loved Me”, p.216, Amber House Books

Teresa Medeiros

#Summer Quotes #Lost Love Quotes #Rain Quotes

“I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.”
“Your women of honor, as you call em, are only chary of their reputations, not their persons; and 'Tis scandal that they would avoid, not men.”

Source : "The Country Wife".
“If I could write a novel while I'm walking, I probably would.”

Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Contemporary Women's Writing, Volume 8, Issue 2, 1 July 2014, Pages 123 - 135, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
“O reputation! dearer far than life.”
“He who would not fall off the precipice must not venture too near the edge.”

Source : Frances J. Roberts (2013). “On the Highroad Of Surrender - Updated”, p.127, Barbour Publishing
“Competition in its best form is a test of self. It has nothing to do with medals. The winner is the person who gets the most out of themselves.”
“The truth has not so much set us free as it has ripped away a carefully constructed facade, leaving us naked to begin again.”

Source : Lisa Unger (2010). “Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger: Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth, Black Out, Die for You”, p.24, Crown
“I worked in restaurants the first half of my life.”

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