"I see that there will be no end to imperfection, or to doing things the wrong way. Even if you grow up, no matter how hard you scrub, whatever you do, there will always be some other stain or spot on your face or stupid act, somebody frowning."

-- Margaret Atwood

#Growing Up Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Imperfection Quotes

“Being patient does not mean being silent.”
“I missed Breaking Bad and people just go on and on about it until you're blue in the face with envy and you've got to watch it.”
“Politics is everywhere. It's in your shirt, it's in your pants. It's everywhere.”
“Sometimes, two people have to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together”

Source : Colleen Hoover (2012). “Point of Retreat: A Novel”, p.108, Simon and Schuster
“Childhood obesity is best tackled at home through improved parental involvement, increased physical exercise, better diet and restraint from eating.”
“All the themes of incipient fascism are present, to some degree, in our present-day political culture: the fear of the Other, the need for a (powerless) scapegoat, including the theme of expansionism.”
“But the real, tremendous truth is this: suffering serves no purpose whatever.”

Source : Cesare Pavese, Alma Elizabeth Murch (1961). “This Business of Living”, p.57, Transaction Publishers
“I'm a Southerner. We dream of having the family and the kids, and the parents want grandkids, that's all they care about, give me some grandbabies.”

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