"I don't like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It's the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It's bad news. The worst. It's sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it's only a matter of time until someone gets hurt."

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Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “Revolution”, p.144, Bloomsbury Publishing

Jennifer Donnelly

#Hurt Quotes #Hate Quotes #Bombs Quotes

“If you’re thinking about coming to Tom Savini’s Special Make-Up Effects Program just STOP. Stop THINKING about it and just DO it. Aren’t we talking about making your dreams come true? Our students’ attitude is ‘This is school?’… because they are having so much fun every day doing what they love… and… they get a degree!”
“There will always be someone else with a different view than you. I appreciate them and would never say that they are wrong. I hope that they would give me that courtesy also.”
“There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers.”
“That's a big deal for kids, when they come into the kitchen and the teacher is drinking coffee with mom. They react differently on the next day when you say: 'Sit down and shut-up!'”
“I've been attracted to Kate Moss since I was a teenager.”

Source : Interview with with Gerald Matt, Synne Genzmer, www.americansuburbx.com. September 2007.
“On TV, the children can watch people murdering each other, which is a very unnatural thing, but they can't watch two people in the very natural process of making love. Now, really, that doesn't make any sense, does it?”
“Oh, doughty sons of Hungary! May all success Attend and bless Your warlike ironmongery!”
“Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year.”

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