"You don't think you'll live past it and you don't really. The person you were is gone. But the half of you that's still alive wakes up one day and takes over again."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Grief Quotes #Past Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I'll have a different answer tomorrow that I do today.”

Source : Interview with Carlo Cavagna, www.aboutfilm.com. June, 2003.
“John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy.”
“You dramatically increase your value to others if you always maintain a calm and pleasant manner.”

Source : Rabbi Daniel Lapin (2009). “Thou Shall Prosper: Ten Commandments for Making Money”, p.123, John Wiley & Sons
“Im a registered independent with a lot of libertarian leanings,”
“A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive youâ€™ll always be alone.”

Source : Stephen Elliott (2010). “The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder (Large Print 16pt)”, p.158, ReadHowYouWant.com
“The strength of our relationships is measured by how much people can count on us.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 04, 2017
“The writer, unlike his non-writing adult friend, has no predisposed outlook; he seldom observes deliberately. He sees what he didnot intend to see; he remembers what does not seem wholly possible. Inattentive learner in the schoolroom of life, he keeps some faculty free to veer and wander. His is the roving eye.”
“I couldn't get to sleep at night without saying the Lord's Prayer because, when I was young, I felt I was touched by the hand of Jesus, and hated myself for challenging it.”

Source : "Bruce Parry: 'My Job Doesn't Allow Me a Private Life'". Interview with Cassandra Jardine, www.telegraph.co.uk. September 19, 2007.

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