"Because this, for better or worse, is exactly where the truth lies--at the intersection of the forgotten and the ignored, in the neighborhood of all we have tried to forget."

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Source : Sara Gran (2011). “Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead”, p.241, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Sara Gran

#Lying Quotes #Ignored Quotes #Forgotten Quotes

“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will....”
“All I'm saying is, where relationships are concerned, don't confuse length with strength.”

Source : Matt Dunn (2008). “The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook”, p.23, Simon and Schuster
“Language is by its very nature a communal thing; that is, it expresses never the exact thing but a compromise - that which is common to you, me, and everybody.”

Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.78, Psychology Press
“Brezhnev wasn't a minus for the history of our country, he was a huge plus, He laid a foundation for the country's economics and agriculture.”
“I love life. I'm fascinated by human behavior because that feeds back into my work.”
“The BEST training program in the entire world will be a DISMAL FAILURE if people fail to hold up their end of the deal. The success of ANY training program is ultimately the trainee's responsibility.”
“Defect in one's limb ruins a man.”
“All our fret and worry is caused by calculating without God.”

Source : Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.500, Discovery House

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