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24 quotes
Irish novelist
“The most painful moment in my life also became the moment I showed the most strength and courage.”
"The tattoo is there not because I believe there is something wrong with me. It's there to remind me that our flaws are our strengths"
on Life
"I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact."
on Love
"Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared"
on Time
"That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them."
on Learning
"Home isn't a place, its a feeling"
"Miracles only grow where you plant them."
on Motivation
"Just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly."
"You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.''And yet it is still extremely funny."
on Humor
"It was the most perfect moment in my life.It was the last perfect moment in my life."
"How extraordinary the ordinary really is, a tool we all use to keep going, a template for sanity."
on Resilience
"Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story."
"the important thing is not what we (look) like,but the role we play in our best friend's life."
on Friendship
"Never trust a man who sits, uninvited, at the head of the table in another man's home."
on Wisdom
"But you are proof that you can think you know someone yet never really know them at all."
on Relationships
"sometimes we have absolutely no idea where we are, we need the smallest clue to show us where to begin."
"I can't be afraid of someone whose human side I see and know."
on Fear
"Life is a series of moments and moments are always changing, just like thoughts, negative and positive."
"People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not.""Shouldn't the storyteller believe it.""The storyteller should tell it."
on Truth
"There are certain kinds of silence that make you walk on air."
"I always pushed myself. Whenever I felt I needed to stop, I made myself run faster."
on Perseverance
