"Luck ran out, but smart was for life."

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Source : John Connolly (2012). “The Burning Soul: A Charlie Parker Thriller”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

John Connolly

#Smart Quotes #Luck Quotes #Ran Quotes

“God specializes in impossible situations.”
“There's a growing sense that the online ad industry is out of control from a privacy perspective and that some rules need to be put in place.”
“There are two extremes to avoid: being completely absorbed in your pain and being distracted by so many things that you stay far away from the wound you want to heal.”
“I don't believe in sampling some Tibetan music just to make it sound groovy, but you do your homework, you understand what you're doing with it.”

Source : "Cultivating The Art Of the Melange". Interview with Somini Sengupta, www.nytimes.com. December 4, 1996.
“There are a couple of different types of food I eat a lot. I was raised in the South, in Tennessee, so I'm going to go with comfort food, soul food. I would probably start with collard greens and candied baby carrots and then have some biscuits and white gravy - and for dessert, probably blackberry cobbler.”
“...because when beauty awes you, you must halt and try to catch your breath and your staggered heart.”

Source : Kate Elliott (2008). “Shadow Gate: Book Two of Crossroads”, p.32, Macmillan
“When you're in a major market downturn, the beta eats the alpha.”
“We all want to do something to mitigate the pain of loss or to turn grief into something positive, to find a silver lining in the clouds. But I believe there is real value in just standing there, being still, being sad.”

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