"I was born from nothing and to nothing I will return. And yet, when i say the word nothing, when i admit, at last, 'I am nothing,' i feel mysteriously like something again, ground zero, genesis, the pull of possibilities."

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Source : Lauren Slater (2000). “Lying: A Metaphorical Memoir”, Random House Incorporated

Lauren Slater

#Zero Quotes #Return Quotes #Lasts Quotes

“We got to his place and it looked a lot like his personality. Just a bunch of space filler, nothing to really wow you. It looked like he had bought a lot of stuff from IKEA and then decided to refinish it at home. Everything was neat and tidy, but you wouldn't want any of it for yourself.”
“I played in Joe Louis in a playoff game. I played there when the roof caved in for half a season. The facility is great for basketball because it goes straight up, so you feel like the fans are on top of you.”
“Pet me, touch me, love me, that's what I get when I perform. That's when I'm really getting what I want.”
“After a certain age, you couldn't even say where you were from. You went someplace, and lived there. And then you went someplace else.”
“Greasy food might not be good for your body, but it does wonders for the soul. A healthy diet may prolong your life, but what would you have to live for? What is the point of living to a hundred if you have to subsist on bland food? One may as well die of boredom.”

Source : Jessica Zafra (1998). “Twisted”, Anvil Books
“Instead of resisting any emotion, the best way to dispel it is to enter it fully, embrace it and see through your resistance.”
“The most important man in my life is and always will be Alain Delon. He is always there when I need a shoulder to cry on… even today Alain is the only man I can count on. He would always help me. Only Alain shaped me as a woman. Even though he hurt me a lot when he left me I also matured because of it.”
“There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language; an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.”

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