"I want - I want - I want - was all that she could think about - but just what this real want was she did not know."

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Source : Carson McCullers (2010). “The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter”, p.52, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Carson McCullers

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes

“Sometimes Republicans engage in number-crunching analysis that doesn't always take the neediest into account.”

Source : "New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez Assails Romney's Immigration Views" by Elizabeth Llorente, www.foxnews.com. May 15, 2012.
“When you first get fame, you're so insecure that you just become a ding dong.”

Source : "Tate Donovan Calls Out The O.C. Co-Star Mischa Barton, Labels Young Cast ‘Ding-Dongs’", radaronline.com. March 7, 2013.
“The crazy thing is that practical solutions exist. We don't need to perpetuate these problems. I think our hardest job is to convey a sense of optimism, show how things can get better, and get people to invest in solutions.”

Source : Source: www.treehugger.com
“We are all the sons or daughters of immigrants - some more recent than others - but all dedicated to the triumph of an idea that serves as the touchstone of what it means to be an American. This America is the only America that we have hitherto known - if being conservative has anything to do with conserving the principles of our past, then no conservative has any business bashing legal immigration.”
“He had never really speculated about this before, since demons came in all shapes and sizes. Indeed, some of them came in more than one shape or size all by themselves, such as O'Dear, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Overweight, and his twin, O'Really, the Demon of People Who Look in Mirrors and Think They're Slim When They're Not.”
“When I watch kids play basketball, they don't know how to think the game. They know what it should look like, but they don't know why.”
“We can help the world live without fear. It is our only hope, and without hope we are lost.”
“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”

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