"I just thought I was empty and now I'm being filled...and I just wanted to keep being filled."

-- Laura Hillenbrand

#Empty Quotes #Filled Quotes #Wanted Quotes

“There's nothing so kingly as kindness, And nothing so royal as truth.”

Source : Alice Cary (1876). “The Last Poems: Of Alice and Phoebe Cary”, p.72
“Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When we desire nothing and realize that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.' 'What is regret?' 'To realize that one has spent one's life worrying about the future.' 'What is sorrow?' 'To long for the past.' 'What is the highest pleasure?' 'To hear a good story.”

Source : Vikram Chandra (2011). “Red Earth and Pouring Rain”, p.365, Faber & Faber
“The Conversation about womenâ€™s bodies exists largely outside of us, while it is also directed at (and marketed to) us, and used to define and control us. The Conversation about women happens everywhere, publicly and privately. We are described and detailed, our faces and bodies analyzed and picked apart, our worth ascertained and ascribed based on the reduction of personhood to simple physical objectification. Our voices, our personhood, our potential, and our accomplishments are regularly minimized and muted.”
“Flowers and fruit are only the beginning. In the seed lies the life and the future.”

Source : Marion Zimmer Bradley (2001). “The Mists of Avalon”, p.769, Ballantine Books
“I never drank except a couple sips of wine at Thanksgiving.”
“There's always fear. There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow. I could say something dumb today and be in the news for it tomorrow. And maybe the phone stops ringing. You're always afraid of losing what you have. Regardless of success or anything, you're always afraid.”

Source : Interview with Paul Eide, www.askmen.com. February 27, 2016.
“I will never be satisfied. Life is one constant search for the betterment for me.”
“Shush me again, I dare you." - Annabelle”

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