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When we suffer anguish we return to early childhood because that is the period in which we first learnt to suffer the experience of total loss. It was more than that. It was the period in which we suffered more total losses than in all the rest of our life put together. John Berger
Michael Ondaatje quote: "The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this..."
The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Michael Ondaatje
I have often been charged with falsehood and hypocrisy, yet there lives not the man who would more gladly than I speak truthfully and lay bare his heart; but as I have not one idea, one feeling in common with the people who surround me, as the very first word I should speak truthfully would cause a general hue and cry, I have preferred to keep silent, or, if I do speak, to utter only stupid commonplaces which everyone has agreed to believe in. Theophile Gautier
My first reaction, every time I delve into an episode of history that I don’t know very much about, is anger that my teachers never taught me about it. Steven Spielberg
Paulo Coelho quote: "Fortunate are those who take the first steps."
Fortunate are those who take the first steps. Paulo Coelho
When we first got married, we made a pact. It was this: In our life together, it was decided I would make all of the big decisions and my wife would make all of the little decisions. For fifty years, we have held true to that agreement. I believe that is the reason for the success in our marriage. However, the strange thing is that in fifty years, there hasn’t been one big decision. Albert Einstein
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business &..."
To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day. Theodore Roosevelt
Victor Hugo quote: "Science says the first word on everything, and the last word..."
Science says the first word on everything, and the last word on nothing. Victor Hugo
A person is a person through other persons. None of us comes into the world fully formed. We would not know how to think, or walk, or speak, or behave as human beings unless we learned it from other human beings. We need other human beings in order to be human. I am because other people are. A person is entitled to a stable community life, and the first of these communities is the family. Desmond Tutu
To be an outlaw you must first have a base in law to reject and get out of, I never had such a base. I never had a place I could call home that meant any more than a key to a house, apartment or hotel room.? Am I alien? Alien from what exactly? Perhaps my home is my dream city, more real than my waking life precisely because it has no relation to waking lif? William S. Burroughs
John Gardner quote: "So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to..."
So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to notice the terrible sameness, age after age. John Gardner
Anton Chekhov quote: "And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love..."
And only now, when he was gray-haired, had he fallen in love properly, thoroughly, for the first time in his life. Anton Chekhov
For the first time in my life I tasted death, and death tasted bitter, for death is birth, is fear and dread of some terrible renewal. Herman Hesse
Anne Rice quote: "Every moment must be first known and then savored."
Every moment must be first known and then savored. Anne Rice
If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"Make them stay."And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?"Ellie shrugged. "I don't know."Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first," Coop said, "so you don't have to watch them walk away. Jodi Picoult

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