"But it's also true that my memory is a card shark, reshuffling the deck to hide what I fear to know, unable to keep from fingering the ace at the bottom of the deck even when I'm doing nothing more than playing Fish in the daylight with children."

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Source : Lorene Cary (2010). “Black Ice”, p.127, Vintage

Lorene Cary

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“I see people with Asperger's syndrome as a bright thread in the rich tapestry of life.”

Source : Tony Attwood (2006). “The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome”, p.345, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
“If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.”
“Each of us has a creation tale - how we came into this world. And I'll add this: each of us has an uncreation tale - how our lives came apart. That which undoes us. Sooner or later, it will claim you. Mark you. More than your creation.”
“Being an actor gives you a chance to play all kinds of roles, very moving and dramatic on one project, silly and girlish on another. That's the most interesting thing out this business, you get to keep reinventing yourself.”
“A lot of songs I sang to crowds to get their reaction. That's how I knew they'd hit.”
“True magic therefore is the high knowledge of the more subtle powers that have not yet been acknowledged by science up to this date because the methods of scrutiny that have been applied so far do not suffice for their grasping, understanding and utilization, although the laws of magic are analogous to all official sciences of the world.”
“She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there it was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.”
“The mind sees the world as a thing apart, Â Â And the soul makes the world at one with itself. Â Â A mirror scratched reflects no imageâ€” Â Â And this is the silence of wisdom.”

Source : Edgar Lee Masters (2012). “Spoon River Anthology”, p.108, Courier Corporation

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