“Words... They're innocent, neutral, precise, standing for this, describing that, meaning the other, so if you look after them you can build bridges across incomprehension and chaos. But when they get their corners knocked off, they're no good any more... I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you can nudge the world a little or make a poem which children will speak for you when you're dead.”
― The Real Thing
― The Real Thing
“Love is worth the sum of itself, and nothing more.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.”
― Practical Magic
― Practical Magic
“Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”
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