"I know that I have in my make-up layers of synthetic experiences, and that the most powerful of my memories are only half true."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Memories Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Half Quotes

“For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.”
“There were only 75 people in my graduating class at the school I attended in Hannah, S.C. It was a small school and that translated into not a lot of opportunities when it came to music. We had academic and sports programs but we never had a consistent music program. We would have a band one year, and a chorus one year, but nothing ever lasted.”
“My vision that I’m living is to see two more daughters get married, dance at their weddings and then lift the Lombardi Trophy several times.”

Source : "Watch the Postgame Speech By the NFL Coach Battling Leukemia That" by Jonathon M. Seidl, www.theblaze.com. November 4, 2012.
“Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.”
“I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.'”

Source : Source: www.progressive.org
“Perhaps lovers aren't supposed to look down at the ground. That kind of story is told in symbols-and earth represents reality, and reality represents frustrations, chance illnesses, death, murder, and all kinds of other tragedies. Lovers are meant to look up at the sky, for up there no beautiful illusions can be trampled upon.”
“I only tie up woman's body because I know I cannot tie up her heart. Only her physical parts can be tied up. Tying up a woman becomes an embrace.”
“We make destiny with every turn, every choice.”

Source : Nora Roberts (2010). “Nora Roberts' Circle Trilogy”, p.1034, Penguin

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