"Who knows how fast a second-guess can travel? Who has ever measured the exact speed of regret?"

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Source : Karen Thompson Walker (2012). “The Age of Miracles: A Novel”, p.40, Random House

Karen Thompson Walker

#Regret Quotes #Speed Quotes

“[I've worked as a guard at Rikers Island] from 1988 to 1990.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Get away from the place that makes you feel comfortable with your depression. The reality is it's never as bad as the insanity you've created in your head.”
“That's not right. That's not even wrong.”
“One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.”
“Therefore, I think that in the celebration of the 50 years of the present reign, there must be research on the changes that the country has undergone, and in the future, it could be used as a lesson for our future actions.”
“Red has been praised for its nobility of the color of life. But the true color of life is not red. Red is the color of violence, or of life broken open, edited, and published. Or if red is indeed the color of life, it is so only on condition that it is not seen. Once fully visible, red is the color of life violated, and in the act of betrayal and of waste.”
“I believe people are still wonderful in hating. They hate what they don't understand, they hate each other. No matter what anyone says, this world is still not a bit more tolerante than it was before.”
“I was living in the U.K. I was back in New Zealand for the New Zealand Music Awards, which is like our annual New Zealand GRAMMYs.”

Source : Brightest Young Things Interview, brightestyoungthings.com. June 23, 2016.

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