"THE KNOWN CHILD I wondered to what extent people remained the same as they'd been when very young; if one peeled back the layers of living one would come to the known child."

-- Dick Francis

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Layers Quotes

“You learn that, when your children are all right, everything is right in the world.”
“When dams were erected on the Columbia, salmon battered themselves against the concrete, trying to return home. I expect no less from us. We too must hurl ourselves against and through the literal and metaphorical concrete that contains and constrains us, that keeps us from talking about what is most important to us, that keeps us from living the way our bones know we can, that bars us from our home. It only takes one person to bring down a dam.”
“I've been getting pretty focused about that recently, and even considered doing a masters degree to polish up the craft. I've been pretty lucky in that I seem to have found people online who are willing to constructively tear it apart for me, and indicate its weaknesses.”
“Restlessness is the hallmark of existence.”
“He gave me a look at myself I've never had before. He saw something in me nobody else ever did. He made me see it too. He made me believe it.”

Source : "Fictional character: Vicki Lester". "A Star Is Born", 1954.
“For me, there's a tremendous challenge of singing with Faith, who, in my opinion is one of the best singers in the world. She doesn't get enough credit for being as good as she is. She's so beautiful that people look past her singing. But for a journeyman like me to keep up with her is a real tough sprint.”
“Estragon: I'm like that. Either I forget right away or I never forget.”
“Thereâ€™s only one thing that we have to do in life, and that is to die.”

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