"a star dies in heaven every time you snatch away someone's dream."

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Source : Gloria Naylor (2017). “Bailey's Cafe: A Novel”, p.45, Open Road Media

Gloria Naylor

#Dream Quotes #Stars Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“Happiness and unhappiness differ as a bucket hammered from gold differs from one pressed in tin ... Each carries the same water.”
“Fear manifested invites danger...”
“Stefan G. Bucher is a man possessed.”
“Together, we can make a U.S. Department of Peace into a reality, and leave a gift of peace for generations to come.”
“I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.”
“..because the only kind of love I have to offer is stupid and blind and so deep and powerful that I feel like I'm cracking just to hold it in.”
“Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both.”
“It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.”

Source : Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.60, Random House

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