"Never did she find anything so difficult as to keep herself from losing her temper when she was suddenly disturbed while absorbed in a book."

-- Frances Hodgson Burnett

#Book Quotes #Losing Quotes #Difficult Quotes

“I know when I'm onstage, I don't think about how it looks, I just concentrate on really feeling what I hear. But I totally know I look like Gollum when I perform, so it's cool.”

Source : Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. December 15, 2013.
“Believe in miracles but don't depend on them. When you hear kind word spoken about a friend, tell him so. Spoil your spouse, not your children. Never make fun of someone who speaks broken English. It means they know another language. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.”
“She took a moment to lament her lack of parasol. Every time she left the house, she felt keenly the absence of her heretofore ubiquitous accessory.”

Source : Gail Carriger (2012). “Timeless: Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate”, p.29, Hachette UK
“All art is an intensely vulnerable gesture, and it is made with no small amounts of risk, and fear. So, I have plenty of sympathy for self-defense mechanisms, especially among artists.”
“Perhaps they put party loyalty ahead of the welfare of their constituents, are afraid of crossing the president or are as stupid as Mr. Gruber thinks the American people are.”
“Gently - so have good men taught - Gently, and without grief, the old shall glide Into the new; the eternal flow of things, Like a bright river of the fields of heaven, Shall journey onward in perpetual peace.”
“When you feel pain, you know that you are still alive.”
“I donâ€™t regret any of the decisions Iâ€™ve made in my life. Because with every choice Iâ€™ve made, Iâ€™ve learned something new.”

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