"What is suffering? I'm not sure what it is, but I know that suffering is the name we give to the origin of all the sighs, screams, and groans â€” small and large, crude and multifaceted â€” that concern us. The word defines our gaze even more than what we are looking at."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

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“No man has ever loved a woman as much as I love you. Nothing will ever come before you. I donâ€™t know what else I have to do to prove to you that I wonâ€™t let you down again. I wonâ€™t hurt you. You donâ€™t have to be alone anymore. I need you.”
“What avails it that indulgent Heaven From mortal eyes has wrapt the woes to come, If we, ingenious to torment ourselves, Grow pale at hideous fictions of our own? Enjoy the present; nor which needless cares Of what may spring from blind misfortune's womb, Appal the surest hour that life bestows. Serence, and master of yourself, prepare For what may come; and leave the rest to Heaven.”
“If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.”
“The word actress has always seemed less a job description to me than a title”
“I obviously do everything to be "hard to understand" myself”
“My interests lie in nurturing children. That's part of the reason why the bullying thing has become an aspect of my life. I was bullied a lot growing up. I know firsthand the amount of life that is sucked out of you every time that happens, and how it affected me as a young adult.”
“I've been getting into Nick Drake lately, the folk singer. Sad, gorgeous stuff.”
“Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.”

Source : 1994 InTheTimes, 9 Feb.

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