"He will grow up into one of those people who lean back to smile and jump so easily it looks like slow motion and steer cars with their knees and snitch roses from gardens to give to girls and write with their left hand and own two pairs of jeans and one jacket and fall in love from such a height and so hard and so completely that they never quite recover from the drop. But at least he will have me to look out for him."

-- Hilary McKay

#Girl Quotes #Falling In Love Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“Tris: Wait. So you have no idea what my aptitude is? Tori: Yes and No. My conclusion is that you display equal aptitude for Abnegation, Dauntless and Erudite. People who get this kind of result are..are called...Divergent.”
“The essence of good manners consists in making it clear that one has no wish to hurt. When it is clearly necessary to hurt, it must be done in such a way as to make it evident that the necessity is felt to be regrettable.”
“It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.”

Source : Letter to Mrs Drew, 19 May 1891, in Some Hawarden Letters (1917) ch. 7
“I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.”
“Death is the only thing keeping us in line.”

Source : Drew Magary (2011). “The Postmortal: A Novel”, p.12, Penguin
“One cricket said to another - come, let us be ridiculous, and say love! love love love love love let us be absurd, woman, and say hate! hate hate hate hate hate and then let us be angelic and say nothing.”
“In The Name of the King is the right title. To be honest, I don't know who had the final idea for the title but I liked it and it has a strong connection to the movie's story.”

Source : Interview with Jon Condit, www.dreadcentral.com. January 1, 2006.
“My world is falling apart.”

Source : Laurie Faria Stolarz (2011). “White is for Magic”, p.7, North Star Editions, Inc.

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