"The middle years, caught between children and parents, free of neither: the past stretches back too densely, it is too thickly populated, the future has not yet thinned out."

-- Margaret Drabble

#Children Quotes #Past Quotes #Years Quotes

“You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to make their book into some shape, some length that can be managed.”
“When I was a kid, Blade Runner was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.”
“That's the trouble with cookbooks. Like sex education and nuclear physics, they are founded on an illusion. They bespeak order, but they end in tears.”

Source : Anthony Lane (2009). “Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yorker”, p.653, Vintage
“I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it.”

Source : "Actor RJ Mitte from Breaking Bad". "Ouch" with Mat Frazer and Liz Carr, www.bbc.co.uk. November 10, 2008.
“Love is never easy. We begin by loving the things we can, according to our stature, but it is not long before we find that what we love is other than ourselves and that our love is no protection against being wounded. Do we then speak to dominate what we love, to make it bend to our will, to stop it from hurting us even though to do so is to betray love? And that is only where the difficulty begins..”
“People in south Manchester overwhelming want to be able to recycle more than they currently can - especially cardboard and plastics - and want more frequent and accessible collections, particularly for those living in flats.”

Source : "Without the supercasino, how can Manchester create 3,000 jobs?" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. February 29, 2008.
“Shh,â€ he whispered. â€œYou asked me if I loved you. I do. I love you more than life itself. Nothing matters in this world but that you live. Can you do that for me? Can you live?”
“When Communication with others is from love to love... it is deeply satisfying and healthy.”

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