"People give you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, â€œIf this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a farm with about a million chickens on it.â€ They were trying to kick you out of childhood. Once you were gone, there was no going back, so you had to hold on as long as you could."

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Source : Heather O'Neill (2016). “Lullabies for Little Criminals: A Novel”, p.13, HarperCollins

Heather O'Neill

#Halloween Quotes #Kids Quotes #Hard Times Quotes

“The Dove, on silver pinions, winged her peaceful way.”
“I was in prison for a charge in Texas, murder one. Back in the '70s in Texas, I was there. I heard the shot. I was in the car.”

Source : "Charges Dropped: Bounty Hunter Duane 'Dog' Chapman Discusses His Legal Ordeal with Mexico". "Hannity & Colmes" with Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes, www.foxnews.com. August 6, 2007.
“I was so frustrated with my whole life that I walked up this hilltop and screamed at the heavens. It was very dramatic - but then again, I am an actress - and I said, "Fine! I'll be a character actress! Just tell me what you want me to do!" I was so angry at the universe.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I do date quite frequently.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Now I want you to think that in life troubles will come, which seem as if they never would pass away. The night and storm look as if they would last forever; but the calm and the morning cannot be stayed; the storm in its very nature is transient. The effort of nature, as that of the human heart, ever is to return to its repose, for God is Peace.”
“Iâ€™m trying to make other people recognize something of themselves rather than me.”
“Wraith held up his hands. "Chill, Gramps. I don't want to sit on your knee or anything.”
“Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.”

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