"No looking back. Life goes one way only, and whatever opinions you hold about the past having nothing to do with anything but your own damn weakness. Nothing changes what already happened. It will always have happened. You either let it break you down or you don't."

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Source : Charles Frazier (2011). “Nightwoods: A Novel”, p.42, Random House

Charles Frazier

#Past Quotes #Weakness Quotes #Way Quotes

“Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.”
“Everybody in New York thinks the Knicks are Playboy bunnies, and I have been telling them for years the Knicks are a rabbit. They're closer to a Playboy bunny this year but for the last few years these guys are like, 'We have a really good team!' And I say, 'You really think that?' And I say, 'No, they don't.' But this is the best team they've had in a while.”
“You can't play anything on a horn that Louis Armstrong hasn't played”
“We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.”
“We had no electricity, no gas. Food was probably our greatest entertainment - the most fun thing that we could do was food.”
“It's a strange sensation to live inside another person's life, to wonder all the time what he is doing, or thinking or feeling.”
“As a kid I never had the impulse to climb anything. I think that most kids who live in small towns or rural areas outside of the city, that's what they do - climb walls, or trees, or whatever. To me, it was more dance classes and not being very boyish.”
“I was lucky enough to just play music as a living and not have a nine-to-five job. I didn't have to pay the bills so I was able to experiment.”

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