Quotes from Be Careful What You Wish For

Alexandra Potter ·  358 pages

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“consider the implications. We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For


“just in case" is the curse of packing”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For


“It is always the silly things that remind me”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For


“Ne smiješ željama profućkati svoj život, Heather.”
Lice mu je ozbiljno, ali to me ne spriječi da upitam: “Zašto ne?” Oslobodi oblak dima iz
kuta usana. “Jer je život prekratak da bi se potratio i trenutak.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For


“Ne smiješ željama profućkati svoj život, Heather.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For



“Stari Indijanac ispričao je jedne večeri unuku priču o večnoj borbi koja se odvija u ljudima.
Rekao je: "Sine, borba između dva vuka događa se u svima nama.
Jedan je zločest, u njemu prevladavaju gnev, zavist, ljubomora, pohlepa, oholost, samosažaljenje, ljutnja, inferiornost, laž, lažni ponos i egoizam.
Drugi je dobar i u njemu prevladavaju radost, mir, ljubav, nada, vedrina, poniznost, ljubaznost, ljubav, saosećanje, darežljivost, istina i vera."
Pita unuk: "Koji vuk pobeđuje?"
Indijanac odgovara: "Onaj kojeg bolje nahraniš.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For


About the author

Alexandra Potter
Born place: in Bradford, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
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