"Words, do not have twins in every language. Sometimes they only have distant cousins, and sometimes they pretend that they are not even related."

-- Monique Truong

#Cousin Quotes #Twins Quotes #Language Quotes

“Win or lose, I've been fortunate to be able to pitch deep enough into games to get decisions.”
“Did you love well what very soon you left? Come home and take me in your arms and take away this stomach ache, headache, heartache. Never so full, I never was bereft so utterly. The winter evenings drift dark to the window. Not one work will make you, where you are, turn in your day, or wake from your night toward me. The only gift I got to keep or give is what I've cried, floodgates let down to mourning for the dead chances, for the end of being young, for everyone I loved who really died. I drank our one year out in brine instead of honey from the seasons of your tongue.”
“Change from the inside out involves a steadfast gaze upon our Lord that's life changing because it reflects a deep turning from a commitment to self-sufficiency. Without repentance, a look at Christ provides only the illusion of comfort.”
“As you get older, you realise your parents aren't these superheroes. They're actually people.”
“Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.”
“Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship.”
“No real estate is permanently valuable but the grave.”
“We didn't have a whole lot of money when I was growing up either. I would always ask for magic books or magic tricks for my birthday or for Christmas and the rest of the year I either had to mow lawns or find part time jobs to help supplement the cost of doing magic.”

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