#par

Fate was a reality, but it wasn’t a beautiful or angelic thing. It was a heart-wrenching nightmare. And we’d fallen blindly into it. We had no escape. It was happening, and it was up to me to guarantee our survival of it. (Eric) ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#beautiful #choice #destiny #fate #fiction

We had to give each other permission to be different as parents. That's why there's a mom and a dad with two different approaches, because you do need both. ↗

— Bridgette Wilson

#be different #because #both #dad #different

I always felt that I came up short in the education department, but I've come to the conclusion that we all get an education. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#came #come #conclusion #department #education

We Americans are world leaders and we must lead by example - particularly in times that require careful deliberation before any precipitous action - lest we fail to walk in the shoes of those we might injure. ↗

— Peter Yarrow

#any #before #careful #deliberation #example

Any long work in which poetry is persistent, be it epic or drama or narrative, is really a succession of separate poetic experiences governed into a related whole by an energy distinct from that which evoked them. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#distinct #drama #energy #epic #experiences

I'm particularly fortunate to be in a position where I can bring my child to work and be able to get good child care. Not a lot of women have that. ↗

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

#bring #care #child #child care #fortunate

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#bond #bond film #film #james #james bond

It's not just Iraq - it's the Atlantic partnership which is at stake. ↗

— Janez Drnovsek

#iraq #just #partnership #stake #which

Obviously, at this age, I've lost people in my life. But with a parent, it's just different. I was very attached to my father and had this naive little-girl notion that he'd always be around. So I'm finding acceptance of my father's death is the hardest thing to accept. ↗

— Carol Leifer

#acceptance #age #always #around #attached

We can't do much about ensuring that the homeland is safe if our local police and sheriffs' departments don't have the personnel they need to keep our streets and neighborhoods secure. ↗

— Dick Durbin

#departments #ensuring #homeland #keep #local