"And the past held only this wisdom: that love was a damaging mistake, and its accomplice, hope, a treacherous illusion. And whenever those twin poisonous flowers began to sprout in the parched land of that field, Mariam uprooted them. She uprooted them and ditched them before they took hold."

-- Khaled Hosseini

#Mistake Quotes #Flower Quotes #Past Quotes

“To care for those who once cared for us is one of the highest honors.”
“Curran scrutinized Martâ€™s face. â€œI canâ€™t figure out if he wants to kill you or screw you.â€ â€œIâ€™ll be glad to make the choice for him.â€ Curran looked back at me. â€œWhy is it you always attract creeps?â€ â€œYou tell me.â€ Ha! Walked right into that one, yes, he did.”
“It was easier when all we wanted to do was eat them and take their stuff,â€ he grumbled. And it had been easier when he hadnâ€™t cared if he made any of them cry.”
“The dreams you choose to believe in come to be. When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out to do, you open the way for miracles. Choose to believe something good can happen. Expecting it to happen energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum. What you expect to happen, happens. If you expect to succeed, you'll succeed”
“Well you just have to own it, I suppose. Own the character, which is difficult.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There is a gap between the knowledge, skills, or state of mind of the learner and what he is to learn, which it seems to me any teaching activity must seek to bridge if it is to deserve that label. Teaching activities must therefore take place at a level where the pupil can take on what it is intended he should learn.”
“For me, romance is only 'true' when there are two sides to it. I think to have true romance you have to have the moments where you feel alone and you're crying and you feel like your heart's about to break... as well as the moments where you're floating through this orgasmic dream state.”

Source : Source: coupdemainmagazine.com
“I learned to put 100 percent into what you're doing. I learned about setting goals for yourself, knowing where you want to be and taking small steps toward those goals. I learned about adversity and how to get past it.”

Source : "'92 Olympian Yamaguchi balances road, family" by Suzanne Riss, www.cnn.com. February 23, 2010.

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