Quotes of Nadine Gordimer

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The facts are always less than what really happened.

- Nadine Gordimer

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“ Love is blind, they say–but isn’t it more that love makes us see too much? Isn’t it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher Eve Green

“ If you are happy with the person you are becoming, and you can understand that the journey is long and the processes are slow; you are on the right track no matter what your current situation is. ”

- Joshua Lynott

“ Nothing is over for good! You either take with you memories, love, lesson or an experience. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ It is better to be respected than it is to be popular. Popularity ends on yearbook day, but respect lasts forever. ”

- John Bytheway

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ In this world, it is too common for people to search for someone to lose themselves in. But I am already lost. I will look for someone to find myself in. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ The love we say we feel for another is, in most cases, just a selfish hunt for our own happiness. ”

- Tatjana Ostojic

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

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

- Jackie Griffin

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

- Ezra Heft

“ 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

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ We are mathematical equations where your life is the sum of all choices you've made until now. The good news is you can change the equation so that you start making a difference in your life. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. ”

- William Arthur Ward

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ We will either find a way, or make one. ”

- Hannibal

“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. ”

- William M. Thackery

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens