"I waited for dawn, but only because I had forgotten how hard mornings were. For a second I'd be normal. Then came the dim awareness of something off, out of place. Then the truth came crashing down and that was it for the rest of the day. Sunlight was reproof. Shouldn't I feel better than I had in the dead of night."

-- Francine Prose

#Morning Quotes #Loss Quotes #Feel Better Quotes

“Defense is on the fly, it's reactive; you have to react to the offense. I have to prevent someone from doing something when they want to do it.”

Source : Source: www.sportsdouchebags.com
“I can't count how many goalposts I've hit!”
“It's a weird smile, but it reaches his eyes and I bottle it. And I put it in my ammo pack that's kept right next to my soul and Justine's spirit and Siobhan's hope and Tara's passions. Because if I'm going to wake up one morning and not be able to get out of bed, I'm going to need everything I've got to fight this disease that could be sleeping inside of me.”
“Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress, contaminated food and age-related diseases as our lifespans increase.”

Source : "TEDMED: Can Mushrooms Help the Immune System Fight Cancer? Interview With Paul Stamets, Mycologist". Interview with Patricia Fitzgerald, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 02, 2011.
“You win a race, the next race itâ€™s a question mark. Are you still the best or not? Thatâ€™s what is funny. But thatâ€™s what is interesting. And thatâ€™s what is challenging. You have to prove yourself every time.”
“I wanted to make photographs in which everything was so complex and detailed that you could look at them forever and never see everything.”
“When pain has been constant, it has its own momentum and laws. The vital thing is to break its ascendancy over the mind.”

Source : Robert K. Massie, Suzanne Massie (1975). “Journey”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Harmony of colouring is destructive of art? it is like the smile of a fool.”

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