"How different things might be if, rather than saying "I think I'm in love," we were saying "I've connected with someone in a way that makes me think I'm on the way to knowing love." Or if instead of saying "I am in love" we say "I am loving" or "I will love." Our patterns around romantic love are unlikely to change if we do not change our language."

-- Bell Hooks

#Romantic Love Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“...I couldn't let go of the thought that it had, in fact, been he, restless and moody Heathcliff. Day after day, he floated through all the Wal-Marts in America, searching for me in a million lonely aisles.”

Source : Marisha Pessl (2006). “Special Topics in Calamity Physics”, p.53, Penguin
“It's an important fact of life, war.”

Source : "Jeff Goldblum plays war reporter". Interview With Daryn Kagan, www.cnn.com. January 29, 2003.
“If string theory is right, the microscopic fabric of our universe is a richly intertwined multidimensional labyrinth within which the strings of the universe endlessly twist and vibrate, rhythmically beating out the laws of the cosmos.”
“The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.”
“I have, before now, waited for a pen to perform a macro.”
“I've been so blessed because I've had such longevity. I'm not a big red carpet girl. But I love the work. In this business, you can be at the top of the world and at the bottom of the barrel, and you're grape juice. I've been at both ends. It can make you become what you really are.”
“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey. And like so many addicts about to face cold turkey, our leaders are now committing violent crimes to get what little is left of what we're hooked on.”
“Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.”

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