Quotes of Lawrence Durrell

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Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

- Lawrence Durrell

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“ I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it. ”

- Kamand Kojouri

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ If you care about someone enough, you’ll always be there for them no matter what. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ My sister will die over and over again for the rest of my life. Grief is forever. It doesn't go away; it becomes a part of you, step for step, breath for breath. I will never stop grieving Bailey because I will never stop loving her. That's just how it is. Grief and love are conjoined, you don't get one without the other. All I can do is love her, and love the world, emulate her by living with daring and spirit and joy. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ Nothing can bring a real sense of security into the home except true love. ”

- Billy Graham

“ You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. ”

- James R. Sherman

“ When people think they know you and put you in a box, keep growing and give them the box. ”

- Jackie Griffin

“ I just...I just miss him. And I hate being so alone. ”

- Suzanne Collins

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ If you suddenly stumble upon the right door, you will not be able to recognize that it is right. ”

- Osho

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ Choose being kind over being right, and you’ll be right every time. ”

- Richard Carlson

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro