"True love was beyond the bars, but a facsimile of it came with no suffering at all."

-- Dan Morgenstern

#Broken Heart Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Bars Quotes

“I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if itâ€™s one of the innumerable languages I donâ€™t know, even if itâ€™s in an indistinguishable murmur or imperceptible whisper, even if it would be better that I didnâ€™t understand and whatâ€™s said is not intended for my ears or is said precisely so I wonâ€™t understand it.”
“Oh I believe in loving cats and dogs and children and parents â€“ sometimes â€“ but I donâ€™t believe in romantic love. Of course, thereâ€™s the momentary rush of hormones and chemicals that encourages us to mate, but itâ€™s biology â€“ itâ€™s no more inherently mystical than the nicotine in that cigarette youâ€™re smoking”
“We were having tea with my mother-in-law the other day and out of the blue she said, "I've decided I want to be cremated." I said, "Alright, get your coat."”
“I am turned into a dream. I feel nothing, or I don't know what I feel. Yet it seems to me I am happy.”
“Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves”
“A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it.”
“According to New York publishers, Bill Clinton will get more money for his book than Hillary Clinton got for hers. Well, duh. At least his book has some sex in it.”
“I like to be in control of things.”

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