"Only love matters in the bits and pieces of a person's life."

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Source : William Trevor (1992). “Two Lives: Reading Turgenev and My House in Umbria”, Penguin Group USA

William Trevor

#Life Quotes #Matter Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“The only way to get rid of my fears is to make films about them.”
“It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.”
“I'm from the element of the streets that says that once you've made it, it's yours. But keep it to yourself.”
“For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.”
“A healthy relationship with God is built on the internal changes He brings about through Christ.”
“The worst years of my life were the first two years I was doing standup. You're learning how to do, and you're going on stage in front of two drunks and people aren't laughing and you're broke. That's a really hard time in your life.”
“I believe we ought to subsidize some health care for the poor, but Medicare subsidizes everyone's health care”
“Jesus' death wasn't to free us from dying, but to free us from the fear of death. Jesus came to liberate us so that we could die up front and then live. Jesus Christ wants to take us to places where only dead men and women can go.”

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