"She was tough in the best sense of the word. She'd taken blows, the disappointments, and had worked her way through them. Some people, he knew, would have buckled under, found a clutch, or given up. But she had carved a place for herself and made it work."

-- Nora Roberts

#Disappointment Quotes #Taken Quotes #Blow Quotes

“I know that I am a part of something so tremendous, so great, that, if for this reason only, it is holy.”

Source : Lawrence LeShan (2017). “How to Meditate: A Guide to Self Discovery”, p.114, Hachette UK
“On the drive we talked easily, but we did make a small detour. After pulling into a rest stop, we made out like teenagers.”
“Find Dad Bust Holy Water Scam Save the World Buy Groceries Do Laundry”

Source : Jana Oliver (2013). “Demon Trappers 1-3: Forsaken, Forbidden, Forgiven”, p.274, Pan Macmillan
“There's a counter for every hold and a hold for every counter, and a lunch counter for every person that you know Schivone.”
“What we should be doing as musicians is trying to bring people together.”
“It's symbolic of how I feel, with cameras on every street corner. Being watched all the time, having my sense of freedom invaded. Privacy is an important thing, and it has been eroded over the past few years. Now they're talking about body scans at airports. Democracy becomes a sham the second you have to give way to authorities who can do any kind of search that they want with you.”
“These reflections made me very sensible of the goodness of Providence to me, and very thankful for my present condition, with all its hardships and misfortunes ; and this part also I cannot but recommend to the reflection of those who are apt, in their misery, to say, Is any affliction like mine? Let them consider how much worse the cases of some people are, and their case might have been, if Providence had thought fit.”
“Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.”

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