"I missed you even when I was with you. Thatâ€™s been my problem. I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Missing Quotes #Problem Quotes #I Missed You Quotes

“Sometimes God allows us to explore the 'whys' of His instructions. Other times He wants us to obey 'because He said so.' Has God asked you to obey in a specific matter that still awaits your obedient response?”
“I'm more open to give things a go, but what I'm not good at yet is holding back. If something is daft or rubbish, I just go, I can't be doing it.”
“When weâ€™re young nothing offends us, except adults telling us what should. Then when we become adults, nothing offends us, except we are offended on behalf of our young.”
“In a world where women work three times as hard for half as much, our achievement has been denigrated, both marriage and divorce have turned against us, our motherhood has been used as an obstacle to our success, our passion as a trap, our empathy for others as an excuse to underpay us.”
“I don't always understand other people's motives. I will repeat that for my own benefit, if you don't mind. I don't always understand other people's motives.”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.63, New York Review of Books
“The imagination is a palette of bright colors. You can use it to touch up memories â€” or you can use it to paint dreams.”
“Every evil in the bud is easily crushed: as it grows older, it becomes stronger.”
“The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you.”

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