"But in the end it wasn't up to me. The bigs things never are. Birth, I mean, and death. And love. And what love bequeaths to us before we're born."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Mean Quotes #And Love Quotes #Birth Quotes

“You know, I've had blowups with my coach too. The same thing happens, it just wasn't as evident back then because they didn't have so many cameras and ways to see things happen.”

Source : "From XLIII: An interview with Joe Montana". Interview with Nick Friedell, sports.yahoo.com. February 1, 2009.
“When people's love is divided by law, it is the law that needs to change.”
“Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.”

Source : Lewis Grizzard (1995). “Life Is Like a Dogsled Team . . . If You're Not the Lead Dog, the Scenery Never Changes: The Wit and Wisdom of Lewis Grizzard”, Longstreet Press
“Time went by, which is what time does, what it is.”

Source : James Sallis (2012). “Drive: The book that inspired the major film starring Ryan Gosling”, p.65, Oldcastle Books
“The United States is a fake country”
“My dad always said to go for my hobby and used to commend me for my excellent judgement so i try to do the similar for my children.”
“Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It's like, 'She's pretty and thin and she's got to have problems. She's messed up.'”
“If we wish our civilization to survive we must break with the habit of deference to great men.”

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