"I have noticed that after a time of deep sorrow the greatest comfort may come from a person you do not know well."

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Source : Alice Adams (2011). “TO SEE YOU AGAIN: Stories”, p.146, Vintage

Alice Adams

#Grief Quotes #Sorrow Quotes #Comfort Quotes

“Meaning and morality of One's life come from within oneself. Healthy, strong individuals seek self expansion by experimenting and by living dangerously. Life consists of an infinite number of possibilities and the healthy person explores as many of them as posible. Religions that teach pity, self-contempt, humility, self-restraint and guilt are incorrect. The good life is ever changing, challenging, devoid of regret, intense, creative and risky.”
“She doesn’t think she’s worthy to live. But she doesn’t realize, she is life.”

Source : Derek Raymond (2011). “He Died with His Eyes Open: Factory 1”, p.178, Profile Books
“Remember, your body is a temple, not a 7-Eleven.”
“I'm the beacon of hope, and I have mental powers you never dreamed of. Now be quiet.”

Source : David Klass (2008). “Firestorm: The Caretaker Trilogy:”, p.381, Macmillan
“A truly creative person rids him or herself of all self-imposed limitations.”
“I can photograph someone if I can touch them.”
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
“Perhaps we clutch at life only when we have never lived or trusted it. Then death seems the last and greatest defeat, the end of something never felt.”

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