"A novelist is a man who doesn't like his mother."

-- Georges Simenon

#Mother Quotes #Men Quotes #Novelists Quotes

“A single face turned upward toward all Time One flesh, one ecstasy, one peace.”
“Most of the basic truths of life sound absurd at first hearing.”

Source : Elizabeth Goudge (1944). “Green Dolphin Street”
“Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.”
“The climate crowd did a lousy job communicating. Several reports have itemized the fact that over a billion dollars was spent on climate by the environmental side over the past decade. There is simply no excuse for the failure to communicate.”
“When you have mental illness you don't have a plaster or a cast or a crutch, that let everyone know that you have the illness, so people expect the same of you as from anyone else and when you are different they give you a hard time and they think you're being difficult or they think you're being a pain in the ***** and they're horrible to you. You spend your life in Ireland trying to hide that you have a mental illness.”
“Don't put your life on hold so that you can dwell on the unfairness of past hurts.”
“Life drew me and I followed it.”
“I collect flickering stars in old pickling jars, poking holes in the lids so they can breathe.”

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