"Her little fists pummeled at him, and he accepted the abuse. Until he realized sheâ€™d made an improper fist and was actually hurting herself. He wound an arm around her waist, spun her and slammed her into the hard line of his body to still her. â€œLet me go!â€ â€œIn a minute.â€ As she struggled, he pulled her thumb out from beneath her fingers and rearranged her fist. â€œHit like this.â€ Done, he released her."

-- Gena Showalter

#Hurt Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Done Quotes

“I love you still, but with your death I succumbed to a kind of infatuation. I convinced myself that what you and I had, so very briefly, was of far vaster and deeper import than it truly was. Of all the weapons we chose to turn upon ourselves, guilt is the sharpest, Silverfox. It can carve one's own past into unrecognizable shapes, false memories leading to beliefs that sow all kinds of obsessions.”
“I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.”
“Modern Architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grace by dynamite.”

Source : Charles Jencks (2012). “The Story of Post-Modernism: Five Decades of the Ironic, Iconic and Critical in Architecture”, p.1, John Wiley & Sons
“In design man becomes what he is. Animals have language and perception as well, but they do not design.”

Source : Otl Aicher (2015). “The World as Design: Writings of Design”, p.6, John Wiley & Sons
“I don't think I can adequately express my feelings about the car on national radio, but hopefully we'll get better and I'll be happier later onâ€¦”

Source : "Charlotte II: Dale Earnhardt Jr. race summary". www.motorsport.com. October 15, 2002.
“That's the trouble with languages. They have to be learned.”
“I'm not hip, I'm not cool, I'm not glib.”
“That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety - our own security - depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation, and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.”

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