"The Santa Anas blew in hot from the desert, shriveling the last of the spring grass into whiskers of pale straw. Only the oleanders thrived, their delicate poisonous blooms, their dagger green leaves. We could not sleep in the hot dry nights, my mother and I."

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Source : Janet Fitch (2013). “White Oleander”, p.7, Hachette UK

Janet Fitch

#Mother Quotes #Spring Quotes #Sleep Quotes

“Whatever belief I am practicing the Law of Attraction will validate with evidence.”
“I think that's actually what draws me to family stories: the various roles we each play with each member of our families, and how different they can be from who we are with our friends and partners and lovers. I'm endlessly fascinated by how we navigate these family dynamics; they are the dramas each of us live out day after day, often in ways we don't even realize.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.”
“My work is about the establishment of trust. For someone to share their authenticity with me is a soul-to-soul thing. It's not a lens-to-soul thing.”

Source : FaceBook post by Lisa Kristine from Apr 26, 2014
“Why are you weeping ? Did you imagine that I was immortal ?”
“We give others praise which we ourselves don't believe, as long as they respond with praise we can believe.”
“Methought I saw my late espoused saint.”
“I loved the fact that I was suddenly no longer dependent on whether a store took out an ad in the right place, or on the word on the street.”

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