"serious difficulties don't vanish by themselves, they are standing around your bed when you open the eyes the next morning."

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Vicki Baum

#Morning Quotes #Eye Quotes #Next Quotes

“As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.”
“My dad was a bedwetter; I think his dad was a bedwetter. I like to talk about it because it's something that I thought would be my deepest, darkest secret my whole life, and then you become an adult, and it's not.”
“Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.”
“I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.”

Source : "Kelsey Grammer: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 15, 2009.
“Lieutenant Governor Paterson - blind, black guy - gets sworn in. First thing he says is, 'By the way, cheated on my wife. Let's just get that out in the open right now.' He didn't need to admit that. He's blind. Could have said it was an accident.”
“For the last fifty years we've been supporting right-wing governments, and that is a puzzlement to me...I don't understand what there is in the American character...that almost automatically, even when we have a liberal President, we support fascist dictatorships or are tolerant towards them.”
“I used to have trust with reporters. Give them scoops. Those were the old days. It's very strange, when you give a story and it doesn't come out the right way.”
“Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.”

Source : Aimee Friedman (2012). “Ocean of Secrets”, p.97, Scholastic UK

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