"If you have butterflies in your stomach ask them into your heart."

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Source : Cooper Edens (2007). “If You're Afraid of the Dark, Remember the Night Rainbow/Add One More Star to the Night”, p.53, Chronicle Books

Cooper Edens

#Heart Quotes #Butterfly Quotes #Stomach Quotes

“The best thingâ€”in Shadow's opinion, perhaps the only good thingâ€”about being in prison was a feeling of relief. The feeling that he'd plunged as low as he could plunge and he'd hit bottom. He didn't worry that the man was going to get him, because the man had got him. He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it.”
“The loveliest materpiece of the heart of God is the love of a Mother.”
“Basically the job of a magician is to do impossible things that challenge the nature of the universe. And I think some magicians buy into that perception a little too much. These days that turns people off a little bit. I'm not a wizard. I don't have special powers. If I did, I would not be doing magic for a living!”

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“Lucas went even paler. â€œThen youâ€™re on the track to suicide,â€ he whispered. â€œTake my advice, Valentine. Run. Run as fast as you can, for as long as you can. Steal whatever bit of life you can. Youâ€™re already dead.”
“We were raised to believe in books, music, and nature.”
“I get butterflies in my stomach before I perform. I love them! They let me know I'm ready to perform, that I'm ready to rock out on stage.”
“Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.”
“When in doubt, mumble; when in trouble, delegate; when in charge, ponder..”

Source : In 'New York Times' 8 November 1970, p. 45

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