"He became my confidante, someone with whom I could share thoughts I could never voice...In exchange, he trusted me with his."

-- Suzanne Collins

#Voice Quotes #Share Quotes #Trusted Quotes

“Birth is a bittersweet event ... a place where heaven and earth collide in a perplexing clash of hopes, dreams, facts, fears, questions, and expectations.”
“We owe to our Mother-Country the Duty of Subjects but will not pay her the Submission of Slaves.”
“To see is one thing; to picture or visualise is another. A person can see things, only when his eyes are open, and when his surroundings are illuminated; but he can have pictures in his mind's eye, when his eyes are shut and when the world is dark.”

Source : Gilbert Ryle (2009). “The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition”, p.223, Routledge
“It is not from ourselves that we learn to be better than we are.”
“The price of being oneself is so high and involves so much ruthlessness toward others (or what looks like ruthlessness in our duty-bound culture) that very few people can afford it.”
“Let me see. What are my other shortcomings?”
“Probably my English teacher because she got me into writing instead of just answering the question. I used to hand in homework with 20 pages of nonsense and she'd still mark it. She was a really amazing teacher.”
“I'd rather feel something for real than pretend it's not what it is.”

Source : A.S. King (2010). “Please Ignore Vera Dietz”, p.29, Knopf Books for Young Readers

You may also like:

Donald Sutherland
Actor
Elizabeth Banks
Actress
Francis Lawrence
Director
Gary Ross
Film director
J. K. Rowling
Novelist
Jennifer Lawrence
Actress
Josh Hutcherson
Film actor
Liam Hemsworth
Actor
Veronica Roth
Novelist