Quotes from The Bones of You

Debbie Howells ·  313 pages

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“That's how birthdays were in our house. All hateful charades of pretty clothes, expensive presents, and ugly words . . .”
― Debbie Howells, quote from The Bones of You


“I discover, too, that grief is different to different people. Comes in many guises. In shocked silences and closed doors around our village, as people try to shut it out. That a blank face or fleeting smile can hide the worst, most private kind of agony.”
― Debbie Howells, quote from The Bones of You


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“There is no one who does not feel that he is imprisoned in some way. If this is the result of his own free will he must regard his will as not free, or the circular reasoning in this position would be quite apparent. Free will must lead to freedom.”
― quote from A Course in Miracles


“[об американцах]
— Я понимаю, они — туристы, не отличающиеся очень уж развитым воображением. Вспоминаю, как училась там в школе. Ребята там казались мне гораздо более открытыми, по крайней мере в том, что касалось личных пристрастий. Всегда рассказывали, что чувствуют.
— Да дело вовсе не в том, что они об этом не рассказывают.
— А в том, что недостаточно чувствуют?
— Да и не в этом тоже. Недостаточно знают. Не позволяют себе много знать. Как с этим Грамши, о котором ты говорила. — Он помолчал и добавил: — Всё всегда делают по правилам.
Джейн помолчала немного.
— Питер писал о чём-то вроде этого в одном из писем. Как вначале тебе нравится их прямота… а потом начинаешь тосковать по извивам.
— Я испытал то же самое. Прозрачность — прекрасная вещь. Пока не начинаешь понимать, что она основана не столько на внутренней честности, сколько на отсутствии воображения. И эта их так называемая откровенность по поводу секса. Они просто не понимают, что утратили.”
― John Fowles, quote from Daniel Martin


“Never cry over anything that can't cry over you”
― John Marsden, quote from The Other Side of Dawn


“Life is a school of the spirit, Aidan,” Ruadh intoned with gentle insistence. “Learning is our soul’s requirement, and suffering our most persuasive teacher.”
― Stephen R. Lawhead, quote from Byzantium


“لا يوجد الا طريق واحد للتغلب على الخوف من الموت تدلنا عليه تعالم يوذا والمسيح والرواقيين والمعلم ايكهارات وهذا الطريق هو نبذ التشبث بالحياة والتعلق بها. والكف عن النظر اليها وممارستها كما لو كانت شيئا يمتلك .. والحق أن الخوف من الموت ليس كما تدل الظواهر خوفا من توقف الحياة. فكما يقول ابيقور: الموت لا يعنينا, لانه طالما نحن هنا فالموت ليس هنا, وعندما يكون الموت هنا فلن يكون لنا وجود على الإطلاق.”
― Erich Fromm, quote from To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche


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