"The pain I feel now is the happiness I had before. That's the deal."

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C. S. Lewis

#Happiness Quotes #Pain Quotes #Grieving Quotes

“The ability to choose cannot be taken away or even given away-it can only be forgotten.”
“When women can support themselves, have entry to all the trades and professions, with a house of their own over their heads and a bank account, they will own their bodies and be dictators in the social realm.”
“What Iâ€™ve loved most after you, is myself: that is, my dignity and that strength which made me superior to other men. That Strength was my life. Youâ€™ve broken it with a word, so I must die.”
“People who live at a distance are naturally less faulty than those immediately under our own eyes ...”
“There is so much stubborn hope in the human heart.”
“I completely appreciate the importance of fathers but millions of children are without loving homes. I think a child is lucky with one parent who truly loves her.”
“the great sins and fires break out of me like the terrible leaves from the bough in the violent spring. I am a walking fire, I am all leaves ...”

Source : Dame Edith Sitwell (1952). “Selected Poems”
“Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslim.”

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