"As I settled down to sleep in that new bed in the dark city, I saw that it was too late now, too late for everything. I would not be given a second chance. In the hours when I woke, I have to tell you that this struck me almost with relief."

-- Colm Toibin

#Sleep Quotes #Dark Quotes #Second Chance Quotes

“The Christian gospel is that I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me.”

Source : Timothy Keller (2008). “The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism”, p.179, Penguin
“Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.”
“A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.”
“I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master.”

Source : Susanna Moodie (1913). “Roughing It in the Bush, or Life in Canada”, p.193, Hayes Barton Press
“No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful.”
“I am not a painter. I am a poet. / Why? I think I would rather be / a painter, but I am not.”

Source : Frank O'Hara (1995). “The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara”, p.261, Univ of California Press
“Instead of fearing the future, I should live and enjoy the present, she told herself.”
“I usually shop at Charlotte Ruth and Bebe.”

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