"That's the brutality of a breakup, isn't it? The people leaving think they did everything possible, the people left behind think what is possible hasn't even been tested yet."

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Source : Laura Dave (2011). “The First Husband: A Novel”, p.92, Penguin

Laura Dave

#Breakup Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Jayne Mansfield is making a career of being a girl.”
“The only basis for living is believing in life, loving it, and applying the whole force of one's intellect to know it better.”
“Gentleness, self-sacrifice and generosity are the exclusive possession of no one race or religion.”
“We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.”

Source : "The Constitution of the United States: Contemporary Ratification" (speech),Washington, D.C., 12 Oct. 1985
“I have learned how to breathe, to use my cords differently. I had been tilting my head in a way when I talked that wasn't good for my throat. I've been working on all of that, and it seems to be helping.”
“What I like about acting is that you can be a different person every day.”

Source : Interview with Malcolm Gladwell, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 13, 2017.
“The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.”
“Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.”

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