"There seemed to be three choices: to give up trying to love anyone, to stop being selfish, or to learn to love a person while continuing to be selfish."

-- Lydia Davis

#Giving Up Quotes #Selfish Quotes #Choices Quotes

“This person realizes that staying home means blowing off everyone this person has ever known. But the desire to stay in is very strong. This person wants to run a bath and then read in bed.”
“the smile you give is the smile you get back.”

Source : Goldie Hawn (2006). “A Lotus Grows in the Mud”, p.19, Penguin
“I hear Jesus telling us to stop negotiating with Him, to stop offering something we think we have in exchange for His blessings.”
“As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them.”

Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.188, The New Press
“I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable.”
“As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.”

Source : Corazon Cojuangco Aquino, Philippines. President (1986-1992 : Aquino) (1995). “In the name of democracy and prayer: selected speeches of Corazon C. Aquino”
“We must read our Bibles like men digging for hidden treasure.”
“Look, I've always been a confident bloke. I'm grateful to my mother for that.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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