"The only language she could speak was grief. How could he not know that? Instead, she said, "I love you." She did. She loved him. But even that didn't feel like anything anymore."

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Source : Ann Hood (2008). “The Knitting Circle”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

Ann Hood

#Grief Quotes #Love You Quotes #Language Quotes

“If life had a second edition, how I would correct the proofs.”
“Before games are played in common, no rules in the proper sense can come into existence. Regularities and ritualized schemas are already there, but these rites, being the work of the individual, cannot call forth that submission to something superior to the self which characterizes the appearance of any rule.”
“The most precious gift God gave humans is reason. Its best use is the search for knowledge. To know the human environment, to know the earth and galaxies, is to know God. Knowledge (science) is the best form of prayer.”
“If you wish in this world to advance your merits you're bound to enhance; you must stir it and stump it, and blow your own trumpet, or, trust me, you haven't a chance.”
“All paths lead nowhere, choose one with heart,”
“Satires which the censor can understand are justly forbidden”
“Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is happening to create something that resonates deeply with the rest of the people that are caught in the middle of their own reality.”

Source : "Let Me Down Easy". Interview with Yazmany Arboleda, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2010.
“I am not surprised that the President of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised that Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said that Benghazi happened 'a long time ago.' I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.”

Source : "Gowdy: Why Does the Media Not Care About Benghazi?". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 18, 2014.

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