"We live in a culture that insists on "moving on" (even while our loyalty to and love of the franchise and the sequel give away a larger loopiness). But I tend to dwell or obsess or meditate, and I came back to, for instance, the figure of Dickens's "Miss Havisham" with some (self) recognition if not relief."

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Laura Mullen

#Loyalty Quotes #Moving Quotes #Self Quotes

“There are no laws that prohibit an American president from continuing to be involved in their private business matters while in office, right?”

Source : Source: www.npr.org
“Worry was my mother's mechanic, her mechanism for engaging with the machinery of living. Worry was an anchor for her, a hook, something to clutch on to in the world. Worry was a box to live inside of, worry a mechanism for evading the present, for re-creating the past, for dealing with the future.”

Source : FaceBook post by Charles Yu from May 11, 2014
“We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives.”
“the depth of a person's character is not measured by his or her physical strength, but by the depth of his or her nobility.”

Source : Frank E. Peretti (2001). “No More Victims”, Thomas Nelson Incorporated
“Because people of color will definitely, definitely become the power base in the Western Hemisphere.”
“Hey there's not a cloud in the sky It's as blue as your goodbye And I thought that it would rain On a day like today Hey there's not a cloud in sight It's as blue as your blue goodbye And I thought that it would rain The day you went away He's on the buses and the aeroplanes With some groceries and a sleeping bag”
“If you consider an unsuccessful hunt to be a waste of time, then the true meaning of the chase eludes you all together.”
“As far as specific bands from the 90s death metal era, I love Death, Carcass, Possessed, Morbid Angel, Gorguts, Autopsy, Atheist, etc.”

Source : "Dead Child". Interview with Stephen M. Deusner, pitchfork.com. April 22, 2008.

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