"Sometimes you have to let time carry you past your troubles."

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Source : Lauren Groff (2012). “Arcadia”, p.99, Hachette UK

Lauren Groff

#Past Quotes #Sometimes Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.”
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited.”
“Of course, there are hurtful moments of the malice and rumors - the worst are not the ones that affect you, but ones that affect other family members. But you have to distance yourself from it, otherwise you would be unhappy.”
“If there were nothing else, reading would--obviously--be worth living for.”
“I think I have a lot to offer doing supporting roles as well.”
“Academic freedom really means freedom of inquiry. To be able to probe according to one's own interest, knowledge and conscience is the most important freedom the scholar has, and part of that process is to state its results.”
“There is no reason to repeat bad history.”
“Roger Federer and my boyfriend, Tiger Woods, inspire me. It's incredible what they've done in their respective sports, especially Roger. He is the nicest and humblest guy. You would never know that he's the best tennis player of all time. And Tiger is so mentally tough. He can block everything completely out and stay in the moment.”

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