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
Alexandra Potter
Born place: in Bradford, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom
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“The only way that the Treasury can redeem its debt to the Social Security Administration is to borrow the money from the public, run a surplus in its other activities or have the Federal Reserve print the money—the same alternatives that would be open to it to pay Social Security benefits if there were no trust fund.”
― Mark R. Levin, quote from Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
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― Rachel Renée Russell, quote from Dork Diaries Book 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star
“It isn't very pretty to have been made a fool of by one's own feelings,' he said. 'To take childish promises and build a--a castle out of them...”
― Winston Graham, quote from Ross Poldark
“A homeless man with a dog approached us and put his hand out. This happens to be something I have a real problem with: homeless people with pets who approach you for food. How can they have the nerve to beg for food when they have a perfectly delicious dog standing right there? I didn't care if this guy understood English or not. "Tell me when you're out of dog, buddy. Then we can talk about splitting a falafel.”
― Chelsea Handler, quote from Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
“That it doesn't matter why I ran," he said, staring at me without blinking, "because I came back. I'll always come back, Luce. No matter how many rip-roaring fights we have and no matter how many miscommunications we have. I'll always come back because you're where I belong.”
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