"They drummed into you that pain was good, you were supposed to go with it, push into the pain, and only... now... did I contemplate what retarded advice this was."

-- Lionel

#Pain Quotes #Advice Quotes #Retarded Quotes

“I want faith; but I am faithless”
“And it is a wonder what will be the fashion after the plagueisdoneastoperiwigs, fornobody will daretobuy any haire for fear of the infectionthat it had been cut off the heads of people dead of the plague.”
“As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last.”
“Family time is really important to me.”
“I don't believe in fate," he said carefully, "but... I do believe everything happens for a reason. That there is some plan, some meaning to this darkness we live in.”
“In using the terms play and playfulness, I do not intend to suggest any lack of seriousness; quite the contrary. Anyone who has watched children, or adults, at play will recognize that there is no contradiction between play and seriousness, and that some forms of play induce a measure of grave concentration not so readily called forth by work.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.30, Vintage
“I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring.”

Source : Dodie Smith (2011). “I Capture The Castle”, p.5, Random House
“The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven.”

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