"I cut a lot of cringy sex stuff and a lot of stuff I thought was too personal. I think secret gardens are very special. I think we all have to have them. I think the secret of memoirs is keeping those parts of yourself off the page, which makes what you do share more valuable."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Damian Barr

#Sex Quotes #Cutting Quotes #Garden Quotes

“A man says a lot of things in summer he doesn't mean in winter.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2002). “Dragon Blood”, p.197, Penguin
“Madison loathed Hamilton and loved Jefferson above all.”
“Who sees pale Mammom pine amidst his store, Sees but a backward steward for the poor.”
“The sages of old live again in us, and in opinions there is a metempsychosis.”

Source : Joseph Glanvill (1885). “Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science”
“I always think I am one of the millions and millions of people that struggles with an addiction to food. I don't know how to relax, that's my problem.”
“He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.”
“It can be kind of gruesome at times, making things alone.”
“Everywhere we turn, we see violence and hate and prejudice and anger and all of these negative emotions that are destroying humanity. And we have to wake up and take note of this and try to change our course, so that we can create a world of peace and harmony where future generations can live happily together.”

Source : "Satyagraha 100 Years Later: Gandhi Launches Modern Non-Violent Resistance Movement on Sept. 11, 1906". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. September 8, 2006.

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