"The past is a candle at great distance: too close to let you quit, too far to comfort you."

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Source : Amy Bloom (2007). “Away: A Novel”, p.186, Random House

Amy Bloom

#Distance Quotes #Past Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“The cars themselves are getting smarter and will be increasingly able to assist drivers - to the point where the cars will be completely automated.”
“I was stopped in the dense Soviet wood by bandits who called themselves my judges.”
“I have a hard time retaining the lines. Even on set I make mistakes but I'm okay with that.”
“It's like that scene from The Player when they talk about merging Star Wars and Kramer vs. Kramer, or whatever. You could do that with music and it would just be awful.”
“I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.”
“A crowd, proportionately to its size, magnifies all that in its units pertains to the emotions, and diminishes all that in them pertains to thought.”
“I believe I am entitled like any other person to have the presumption of innocence.”

Source : "Oppn launches twin attempts to interrupt Parliament". "AM " with Naomi Woodley, www.abc.net.au. May 8, 2012.
“Qhuinn smiled, baring his fangs. 'Has anyone ever shown you the difference between good touch and bad touch? 'Cause I'd love to demonstrate. We could start right now.”

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