"You have to find hope. Hope is such a shape shifter. You tend to look in the rearview mirror for hope, but when its gone, you have to look forward. You have to get in the van and keep driving on."

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Source : "Author Jonathan Evison on loss, survival and life's epic journeys". Interview with Mary Ann Gwinn, www.seattletimes.com. September 24, 2012.

Jonathan Evison

#Mirrors Quotes #Looks Quotes #Gone Quotes

“Shortly thereafter, some friends encouraged me to try out for the Miss South Carolina World beauty pageant. To my surprise, I won - and was sent to New York City to compete nationally.”
“I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf”
“I am fascinated by this partnership between Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett. It's magic and I love it.”
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.”
“Any outside use of military power would at best furnish a temporary respite from the processes that we see playing out. We know that because we have been through all this before. The "surge" of several years ago was supposed to provide space and time for Iraqi political interests to work out their differences. 30,000 additional U.S. troops failed to lead to any working out of those differences, and the outcome is the mess we see today.”
“I love my babies so much that I could kiss them all day long..as a job. I could be a professional baby kisser. No joke.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 13, 2012
“I tried to find something real in essentially something thats science fiction or something-for me, anyways-not having an experience like this.”
“We play because we love the game, we love each other, and we love to win.”

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