Quotes of Penelope Lively

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It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.

- Penelope Lively

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“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ You left the same way you: with 6 duffle bags and your heart intact. ”

- Gandhi

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ Being with you never felt wrong. It's the one thing I did right. You're the one thing I did right. ”

- Becca Fitzpatrick

“ The only time we can effect an action is now. So learn from the past, have a vision for your future but act NOW. Today will soon be your past so don’t miss your present. ? ”

- Andrea McGibbon

“ Repentance is not at an end, Instead it’s the beginning of how it ends. ”

- Yeth Bisto

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ We love those who admire us, but not those whom we admire. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ You know her well. People are harder to sum up when you know them well. ”

- Veronica Roth

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ Sitting too long produces trees. ”

- Lorin MorganRichards

“ You are attracted to the love you didn't receive as a child ”

- Jodi Ann Quarrie

“ I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is pressed Against the earth's sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. ”

- Joyce Kilmer

“ Living with a purpose in life is more fulfilling than living a rich lifestyle without a purpose. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ Reading is life, Reading is knowledge, Reading Is Everything. ”

- Ezra Heft

“ Drunk and alone and hopelessly in love with the idea that someday somehow it might just get better. ”

- Stefanie Sybens

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse. ”

- Jim Rohn