"Her hands were empty now, as empty as her heart, which itself was a coconut shell with its meat scooped out."

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Source : Thrity Umrigar (2009). “The Space Between Us: A Novel”, p.7, Harper Collins

Thrity Umrigar

#Heart Quotes #Hands Quotes #Shells Quotes

“Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light, which is true of the mind's eye, quite as much as of the bodily eye; and he who remembers this when he sees any one whose vision is perplexed and weak, will not be too ready to laugh; he will first ask whether that soul of man has come out of the brighter light, and is unable to see because unaccustomed to the dark, or having turned from darkness to the day is dazzled by excess of light.”
“My responsibility is to truth and beauty.”

Source : "Connie Chung Tonight", www.cnn.com. October 2, 2002.
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“I would never tell anyone who to vote for. I'm a different kind of 'liberal' and I think people should be true to themselves. If you're Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, you should be true to yourself and be who you are.”
“Im not angry. I have never been angry in my entire life. The only thing that makes me angry is people videorecording me. Making me mad. NOW TURN IT OFF!”
“No theory of my own will ever stand in the way of my executing, in good faith, any order I may receive from those in authority over me.”
“For business, our internet love affair was a gift from the gods.”
“Enthusiasm just creates bubbles; it doesn't keep them from popping.”

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