There are few moments of clarity more profound than those that follow the emptying of an overcharged bladder. The world slows down, the focus sharpens, the brain comes back on line. Huge nebulous difficulties prove on close calm examination to be merely cloud giants.
That's what I love about Aibileen, she can take the most complicated things in life and wrap them up so small and simple, they'll fit right in your pocket.
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Kathryn Stockett
Sometimes life knocks you on your ass... get up, get up, get up! ! ! Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.
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Steve Maraboli
In everybody’s life there’s a point of no return. And in a very few cases, a point where you can’t go forward anymore. And when we reach that point, all we can do is quietly accept the fact. That’s how we survive.
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Haruki Murakami
Hard is trying to rebuild yourself, piece by piece, with no instruction book, and no clue as to where all the important bits are supposed to go.
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Nick Hornby
Many people pray to be kept out of unexpected problems. Some people pray to be able to confront and overcome them.
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Toba Beta
More Quotes By Tom Holt
After all, what else is scientific enquiry of any sort other than a controlled version of banging one's head against the universe until something gives?
Necessity is the mother of invention, which probably explains why invention’s father left home on the pretext of buying a newspaper and hasn’t been heard of since.
When you're about to die, your whole life's supposed to flash before your eyes. When you fall in true love, on the other hand, what you see in the twinkling of an eye is your entire future.
He believes it’s time to redesign Evil from the ground up; to face the challenges and opportunities of a diverse, rapidly changing society.“ He’s thinking of calling it, ” said Miss Gold, “New Evil.
Mr Winckler clapped his hands together. “Evil, as personified by me. Meet the new Dark Lord. But you can call me Albert.
