"Memory, in my opinion, is a complete noodle. It hangs on the silliest things but forgets the stuff that really matters."

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Source : Ellen Potter (2010). “The Kneebone Boy”, p.35, Macmillan

Ellen Potter

#Memories Quotes #Matter Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“The awards world can be ridiculous, but I'm not one to bash it. I love awards! When I've been nominated for Emmys and when I won my DGA Award, I couldn't have been happier. I always liked getting a gold star in class.”
“Through my love for you, I want to express my love for the whole cosmos, the whole of humanity, and all beings. By living with you, I want to learn to love everyone and all species. If I succeed in loving you, I will be able to love everyone and all species on Earth... This is the real message of love.”
“Consider the challenge when a steady diet of spinach is on offer.”
“To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”
“It matters not how long we live but how.”

Source : Philip James Bailey (1857). “Festus: a poem”, p.40
“How can love let it go when it has no place to go? And I can't go along pretending that love isn't here to stay... Catch me I'm falling for you...”
“The Bowery station on the J line is what happens to a neighborhood once politicians realize the people who live there don't vote.”

Source : Andrew Vachss (2008). “Terminal: A Burke Novel”, p.21, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“Oh definitely. It'll be in a hot tub, with my entire head squeezed into a jet. The photos are going to be hilarious. Man, I really hope the internet sticks around so people can reference this article in my obituaries and see that what sounds like a joke was actually amazingly prescient.”

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