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“It was a great place to write a novel about book burning, in the library basement.”
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“When we reveal ourselves to our partner and find that this brings healing rather than harm, we make an important discovery - that intimate relationship can provide a sanctuary from the world of facades, a sacred space where we can be ourselves, as we are ...This kind of unmasking - speaking our truth, sharing our inner struggles, and revealing our raw edges - is sacred activity, which allows two souls to meet and touch more deeply.”
Source : John Welwood (1996). “Love and Awakening: Discovering the Sacred Path of Intimate Relationship”, Harpercollins
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“I'm really, really emotional.”
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“Manners are made up of trivialities of deportment which can be easily learned if one does not happen to know them.”
Source : Emily Post, Elizabeth L. Post (1984). “Emily Post's Etiquette”, HarperCollins Publishers
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“Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.”
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“It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized.”
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“Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.”
Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.412, Random House
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“I did it because I thought I could die quickly if I lived like that. I couldn't end my life, leaving behind my younger sister. I thought that if I lived that way I would get punished and end this crappy life early. But now I want to live. Because I have a reason to live.”
