"Then he's inside you, and your body remembers, each time, every man, even if you try to forget."

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Source : Jayne Anne Phillips (2012). “Lark and Termite”, p.90, Random House

Jayne Anne Phillips

#Men Quotes #Trying Quotes #Body Quotes

“Expectations is the place you must always go to before you get to where you're going.”
“I've watched other people singing, I've become a much better singer. I've become a singer that plays the piano instead of a piano player that sings.”
“You cannot immunize sick, malnourished children and expect them to get away with it. You'll kill far more children than would have died from natural infection...It needs to be appreciated that children in developing countries are at a much greater risk of complications from vaccination and from mercury toxicity...because poor nutrition, parasitic and bacterial infections and low birth weight.”
“Wealth is not a hindrance, but rather a help towards attaining a proper standing in a chosen field of activity. I confess that as far as I am concerned, it has done me some service as it preserved my character from many a crookedness poverty might have exposed it to.”
“When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.”
“Message to Obama: Fighting the Clinton machine won't be as easy as picking up favorable press clips.”
“For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.”
“I stay healthy by dealing with things! Seriously, emotional and spiritual health is most important. I feel there is a lot of unhealthiness when we stuff our feelings out of fear rather than face them and deal with our issues.”

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