"Words are not simple things: they take unto themselves, as they have through time, power and meaning ..."

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Fay Weldon

#Simple Quotes #Rough Times Quotes #Simple Things Quotes

“Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also.”
“Dragons and legends...It would have been difficult for any man not to want to fight beside a dragon.”

Source : Patricia Briggs (2002). “Dragon Blood”, p.190, Penguin
“There's always merit to having a debate.”
“I have a lot of tics and phobias. I hate to travel. I hate to go to festivals. I hate it when somebody gets close behind me. I'm scared of the darkness. I hate open doors.”
“All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistance. In this context, the two words are almost synonymous. Negativity ranges from irritation or impatience to fierce anger, from a depressed mood or sullen resentment to suicidal despair. Sometimes the resistance triggers the emotional pain body”
“When I was broke, no one ever offered to buy me a beer. Now that I have quite a bit of money, everybody tries to buy me beers. Where were all these people back when I was in college and broke?”

Source : "Moneymaker under a microscope". Interview with Bernard Lee, www.espn.com. June 5, 2008.
“We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons.”
“I realized that my circumstances, while causing me despair and heartbreak, also held great possibility, if only I could see it. I knew that I was learning one of the most important lessons of my life: that instead of waiting for the perfect opportunity, I should work toward a realization that every opportunity is perfect. Each moment is perfect and heaven-sent, in that each moment holds the seeds for growth. Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion.”

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