"I know that whenever a group of women are gathered together, the grandmother always makes a phantom appearance, hovering above them."

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Angela Carter

#Grandmother Quotes #Grandparent Quotes #Together Quotes

“Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.”
“Three things I want in a relationship: Eyes that won't cry, lips that won't lie, and love that won't die.”
“It's like a dream job to work with your friends.”
“The work is with me when I wake up in the morning; it is with me while I eat my breakfast in bed and run through the newspaper, while I shave and bathe and dress.”
“When you are able to applaud yourself, it is much easier to applaud others.”
“The sky itself is the eighth color of the rainbow, spread over the whole sky for us, all the time.”

Source : Kim Stanley Robinson (2009). “Galileo's Dream”, p.456, Spectra
“My set comes with a smaller fin in the back, i find this helps me release off the top a lot easier”
“You know the pain is part of the whole thing. And it isnâ€™t that you can say afterwards the pleasure was greater than the pain and thatâ€™s why you would do it again. That has nothing to do with it. You canâ€™t measure it, because the pain comes after and it lasts longer. So the question really is, Why doesnâ€™t that pain make you say, I wonâ€™t do it again? When the pain is so bad that you have to say that, but you donâ€™t.”

Source : Lydia Davis (2008). “Break It Down: Stories”, p.30, Macmillan

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