"Penetrate deeply in the secret existence of anyone about you, even of the man or woman whom you count happiest, and you will come upon things they spend all their efforts to hide. Fair as the exterior may be, if you go in, you will find bare places, heaps of rubbish that can never be taken away, cold hearths, desolate altars, and windows veiled with cobwebs."

-- Myrtle Reed

#Taken Quotes #Men Quotes #Effort Quotes

“Only the Dead stay seventeen forever.”
“Give the American people a good cause, and there's nothing they can't lick.”
“When people don't know me any more or want my autograph, then I'll think about retiring.”
“Saxton smelled really good and had a handshake that was firm. "You've grown up a lot." Blay found himself flushing as he took his hand back. "You're just the same." "Am I?" Those pearl eyes flashed. "Is that good or bad?" "Oh...good. I didn't mean---" "So tell me how you've been. Are you mated to some nice female your parents set you up with?" Blay's laugh was sharp and hard. "God, no. There's no one for me.”
“I played guitar in a band from when I was about 20 for three years. Then I sang a little. Then I started getting really busy as an actor and forgot about it.”
“Customers who have to come back and spend, or customers who just don't want the hassle of leaving - those are the ones who are most worth attracting.”
“Men have cried out to me in sincere and despairing appeal: 'Doctor, I cannot go on like this! I have everything to live for! I must stop, but I cannot! You must help me!'...One feels that something more than human power is needed to produce the essential psychic change. Though the aggregate of recoveries resulting from psychiatric effort is considerable, we physicians must admit we have made little impression upon the problem as a whole. Many types do not respond to the ordinary psychological approach.”
“No fair! Those guys ripped off what we rightfully stole!”

Source : Gordon Korman (2011). “The Medusa Plot”, p.91, Scholastic Inc.

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