"She was lonely without Blunt, but she was lonelier at the idea that the world went on as though she had not loved him."

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Source : Colm Toibin (2012). “The Empty Family: Stories”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

Colm Toibin

#Lonely Quotes #Ideas Quotes #World Quotes

“The isolated Pawn casts gloom over the entire chessboard”
“Long books, when read, are usually overpraised, because the reader wishes to convince others and himself that he has not wasted his time.”
“So I tried to activate my glutes as best I could, in between, but...they never stayed activated.”
“Don't gobblefunk around with words.”

Source : Roald Dahl (2007). “The BFG”, p.28, Penguin
“Education is no substitute for intelligence.”

Source : Frank Herbert (1987). “Chapterhouse: Dune”, p.90, Penguin
“Like many a modern parent, I had no clear notion of how to help my most troubled child.”
“Message to all rioters: put down your brick, put away the spray paint, and leave the cop cars alone; you're acting like soccer fans! It's embarrassing.”
“I believe that also it should be stressed and made clear that our antagonistic position is not to say "I don't like whites" for the simple fact of not liking white people. It's like, our fight is not against the white person per se, but against the exercises of white supremacy and the form in which whiteness and the politics of whiteness operates.”

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