"Is it possible to love so desperately that life is unbearable? I don't mean unrequited, I mean being in the love. In the midst of it and desperate. Because knowing it will end, because everything does. End."

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Source : Peter Heller (2012). “The Dog Stars”, p.71, Vintage

Peter Heller

#Mean Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Unbearable Quotes

“Hitting at the top of the order is a good thing. You get more at-bats. I'm excited to see how this develops.”
“You know yourself what you are worth in your own eyes; and at what price you will sell yourself. For men sell themselves at various prices. This is why, when Florus was deliberating whether he should appear at Nero's shows, taking part in the performance himself, Agrippinus replied, 'Appear by all means.' And when Florus inquired, 'But why do not you appear?' he answered, 'Because I do not even consider the question.' For the man who has once stooped to consider such questions, and to reckon up the value of external things, is not far from forgetting what manner of man he is.”
“Most dreams are also part reality (otherwise we wouldn't believe them), and reality happens to be a condition that gives you plenty of chances through your life to rise to-no, soar through-the occasion.”

Source : "9 Almost Impossible Dreams You Can Never Give Up On" by Leigh Newman, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.
“I have written some poetry that I don't understand myself.”
“Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn't run in races! Come on!”
“First it's pretty tires. Next it's pretty guns. Then the next thing you know, you're shaving your beard and wearing capri pants.”
“I know that there are some people who are perpetually negative. I sincerely believe that if you want to fly with the eagles you cannot afford to walk with the turkeys. I will walk away from those people when they start to attack the vision.”
“I didn't grow up eating meat - I was a vegetarian until I was 18.”

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