“but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime, Amir,” he said.”
― The Kite Runner
― The Kite Runner
“It doesn’t occur to her that they can all be wrecked by a single step in the wrong direction”
― Away with the Penguins
― Away with the Penguins
“Man is disturbed not by things, but by the views he takes of them.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“I am beginning to think it is a good idea to tell people how you feel occasionally. At least, it is if you choose the people with care.”
― Away with the Penguins
― Away with the Penguins
“I know that self-control, if I can find it, will be my best ally in this situation. Success is more likely if I can achieve invisibility. I observe Mike and Dietrich. There was a time when I could easily have got my way. An opening of the eyes a little wider, a pouting of the lips and any man would have been at my beck and call. Now whatever I do seems to have the opposite effect. My only remaining power is in my purse and even that can’t work in this particular instance.”
― Away with the Penguins
― Away with the Penguins
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