"Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time."

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Source : Susan Cheever (2015). “Home Before Dark”, p.233, Simon and Schuster

Susan Cheever

#Ordinary Quotes

“He put the book down. â€œAs you wish.â€ He rose and walked past me. I lowered my sword, expecting him to pass, but suddenly he stepped in dangerously close. â€œWelcome home. Iâ€™m glad you made it. There is coffee in the kitchen for you.â€ My mouth gaped open. He inhaled my scent, bent close, about to kiss meâ€¦ I just stood there like an idiot. Curran smirked and whispered in my ear instead. â€œPsych.â€ And just like that, he was out the door and gone. Oh boy.”
“You don't have to compromise convictions to be compassionate.”
“Spring cold is like the poverty of a poor man who has had a fortune left him - better days are coming ...”

Source : Margaret Oliphant (1873). “Innocent: A Tale of Modern Life : in 2 Volumes”, p.34
“There's a universe inside your head - a place of pictures and passions, of songs and sorrows. It's everything you are - and it's an utter mystery.”

Source : Song: Talk To Me, 2013
“I like to highlight people's superpowers.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“A man practices the art of adventure when he heroically faces up to life. When he has the daring to open doors to new experiences. When he is unafraid of new ideas, new theories and new philosophies. When he has the curiosity to experiment. When he breaks the chain of routine.”
“There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.”
“If we must have heroes and wars whereinto make them, there is no war so brilliant as a war with the wrong, no hero so fit to be sung, as he who has gained the bloodless VICTORY of truth and mercy.”

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