"Look, I hate good-byes, too. But sometimes, we need them just to survive."

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Source : Rachel Caine (2013). “Fall of Night”, p.15, Allison & Busby

Rachel Caine

#Hate Quotes #Bye Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Wine is something to enjoy. We get sick and tired of people who pick it apart and talk about its 'saucy nuances.'”
“Why are you constantly escorting me places?â€ I say. â€œIsnâ€™t there a depraved activity youâ€™re supposed to be taking part in? Kicking puppies or spying on girls while they change, or something?”
“Writing isn't a source of pain. It's psychic chemotherapy. It reduces your psychological tumors and relieves your pain.”
“In the second part of life you get rid of stuff you've accumulated.”
“I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.”
“The other saxophones, except as solo instruments, really don't have much point in the orchestra”
“My family came to Australia on the First Fleet. My familyâ€™s been in that country for a long time, over 100 years. If your familyâ€™s lived in Australia for a long time, everyone has a little bit of [Aborigine blood]. I know my family does because we have an eye condition that only Aboriginal people have.”
“Time exists in order that everything doesnâ€™t happen all at onceâ€¦and space exists so that it doesnâ€™t all happen to you.”

Source : Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.214, Macmillan

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