"She is sitting on frozen ground wrapped in a blanket, her pale skin shining. She smiles and she stands and without words, she steps forward, opens the blanket, envelops me within it and within her and within myself. She kisses my cheek, the one not torn, she wraps me and she holds me. Her arms are thin but strong. She whispers in my ear, "I'm glad you're here."

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Source : James Frey (2004). “A Million Little Pieces”, p.375, Anchor

James Frey

#Strong Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Shining Quotes

“My life, which seems so simple and monotonous, is really a complicated affair of cafÃ©s where they like me and cafÃ©s where they don't, streets that are friendly, streets that aren't, rooms where I might be happy, rooms where I shall never be, looking-glasses I look nice in, looking-glasses I don't, dresses that will be lucky, dresses that won't, and so on.”
“This complaining rambling rubbish is the substitute which has taken the place of love.”
“If you want a CEO role, you have to prepare for it with a vengeance.”

Source : "On Being Your Own CEO" by Nell Merlino, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 08, 2012.
“Why does it [government] always crucify Christ, and excommunicate Copernicus and Luther, and pronounce Washington and Franklin rebels?”
“Money is like any other virus: once it has rotted the soul of the person who houses it, it sets off in search of new blood.”
“I believe every act of violence is also a message that needs to be understood. Violence should not be answered just by greater violence but by real understanding. We must ask: 'Where is the violence coming from? What is its meaning?”
“Trying to be Supermom is as futile as trying to be Perfect Mom. Not going to happen.”
“But I find with Francis Bacon, some of the things were in the place, and someone who was connected with these schools of thought, and someone who had a motivation that equals the scope of the comedy and the tragedy in the plays.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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