"She didn't love him and he didn't love her; she was like an addiction, and what they were doing had a darkness to it, a weight."

-- Kim Edwards

#Father Quotes #Addiction Quotes #Darkness Quotes

“While the mind sees only boundaries, Love knows the secret way there.”
“I sleep with a glass of water on the nightstand so I can see by its level if the coastal earth is trembling or if the shaking is still me.”

Source : Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
“Race was a word that bred arrogance, danger and violence. When had incitement to race served a peaceful purpose? Race was a fuel and it needed only a match to light it. Any match - my hostility, your ambition, a third person's advantage.”

Source : Nayantara Sahgal (1963). “From fear set free”
“There must be more to life than having everything.”

Source : Maurice Sendak, William Knowlton Zinsser (1998). “Worlds of Childhood: The Art and Craft of Writing for Children”, p.25, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing.”
“Let me tell you this and I want to really emphasize it...nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria. Let us put our heads together and work.”
“I just need time to catch my breath before you take it away again.”

Source : "Fictional character: Simone Deveraux". "Heroes" (TV Series), www.imdb.com. 2006–2010.
“The trick is not escaping your fear, but confronting it and allowing it to drive and teach you. Only by getting to the bottom of your fears can you find their valuable lessons and move forward stronger than before.”

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