"Because we don't have much time together, I will give you as much love in a year as I could give you in a lifetime."

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Source : Amelie Nothomb (2007). “The Character of Rain: A Novel”, p.107, Macmillan

Amelie Nothomb

#Years Quotes #Giving Quotes #Together Quotes

“I think it is a great error to consider a heavy tax on wines as a tax on luxury. On the contrary, it is a tax on the health of our citizens.”
“Work less than you think you should. It took me a while to realise there was a point each day when my creativity ran out and I was just producing words - usually lousy ones - for their own sake. And nap: it helps to refresh the brain, at least mine.”

Source : "Paperback Q&A: Amy Waldman on The Submission". www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2012.
“Discipline. Honour. Respect. This is why I appreciate MMA.”
“The light of faith makes us see what we believe.”
“Music has fed me a lot of ideas... The film BLUE VELVET came out of Bobby Vinton's version of the song BLUE VELVET.”
“At the end of the day I have to please myself. And I've made a record to please myself.”

Source : "An Electric Return for Jeff Lynne". Interview with Paul Clinton, edition.cnn.com. September 03, 2001.
“Once the record was mine, I had to use it like a Louisville Slugger. I believed, and still do, that there was a reason why I was chosen to break the record. I feel it's my task to carry on where Jackie Robinson left off, and I only know of one way to go about it. It's the only way I've ever had of dealing with things like fastballs and bigotry -- keep swinging at them.”

Source : Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.18, Harper Collins
“They say that there is no reality before it has been given shape by words rules regulations. They say that in what concerns them everything has to be remade starting from basic principles. They say that in the first place the vocabulary of every language is to be examined, modified, turned upside down, that every word must be screened.”

Source : Monique Wittig (2007). “Les Guerilleres”, p.111, University of Illinois Press

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