"One of the troubles is this: the heart isn't heart-shaped."

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Julian Barnes

#Heart Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally with your head.”
“If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.”

Source : Dashiell Hammett (2013). “The Hunter and Other Stories”, p.123, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I still cannot fathom how difficult it was for the women I met to find out that they were HIV-positive. It is such a courageous undertaking in countries where there is still considerable stigma about the disease. They got tested to ensure that their unborn babies would have a chance of life by being born free of the virus.”
“I want every family in America to have a carpet on the floor and a picture on the wall. After bread, you've got to have a picture on the wall.”
“The film makers are the true movie stars.”
“We are not as we were. Death has been our pentecost.”
“We spent a lot of time in simulators. We were going to do it right.”
“Iâ€™m on top of my green like a lawn chair”

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