"In the end, all you want is someone to long for you when it comes time to put you in the ground."

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Source : "The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht - review" by Kapka Kassabova, www.theguardian.com. March 11, 2011.

Tea Obreht

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“You're either competing or you're not.”

Source : "Pete Carroll Q&A: Seahawks HC Talks Motivation, Consistency and Coaching History". Interview with Jason Cole, bleacherreport.com.
“I learned to give him the ball....”
“I hadnâ€™t seen any novel make the statement that entering the workforce was like entering the grave. That from then on, nothing happens and you have to pretend to be interested in your work. And, furthermore, that some people have a sex life and others donâ€™t just because some are more attractive than others. I wanted to acknowledge that if people donâ€™t have a sex life, itâ€™s not for some moral reason, itâ€™s just because theyâ€™re ugly. Once youâ€™ve said it, it sounds obvious, but I wanted to say it.”
“So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”

Source : Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.57, Penguin
“You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?”
“There's a rhythm to the legislative session and there are rhythms to legislative sessions. So I think that's very important to take into consideration when you are deciding what to do when.”
“All I ever have to be is what you made me.”
“I just enjoy lying on the couch and reading a magazine.”

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