"It makes you a different person, to not have a past. It eats away at who you are, until whatâ€™s left is all construct, all artifice."

-- Holly Black

#Past Quotes #Different Quotes #Constructs Quotes

“It's the circle of life, and it moves us all, through despair and hope, through faith and love, 'till we find our place, on the path unwinding.”

Source : Song: Circle Of Life 2
“We focus on the best, fun, and happy things, and people want that. Being happy never goes out of style,”

Source : "Lilly Pulitzer, designer of trademark tropical dresses, dies aged 81", www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2013.
“The way you confront an organization like that is twofold. No. 1, you kill their militants. There is no room for discussion or negotiation when it comes to an ISIS or an Al Qaeda militant. They donâ€™t want anything concrete. And if you want nothing thatâ€™s measurable or concrete, there is nothing to talk about. You must be destroyed.”
“A catâ€™s body can sustain a lot of damage without actually dying,â€ Lucas said, his voice as deep as the rumble of the earth itself. â€œYou just think about that before you so much as scratch yourself without permission.â€ Ryan gulped and nodded, still mute.”
“A Royal Commission is a broody hen sitting on a china egg.”
“How rude would I be, walking around and saying: 'Hello. I'm Eleanor Mondale. My father was vice president of the United States. Treat me differently.”
“Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”

Source : James Connolly (2008). “Socialism and the Irish Rebellion: Writings from James Connolly”, Red & Black Pub
“Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?â€”it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters.”

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