#very

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him. ↗

— John Henry Carver

#father #handy #him #house #i

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his sin more reprehensible; though, knowing my brother, he slept soundly through the night without ever experiencing the slightest remorse. ↗

— Richard J. O'Brien

#dating #family-relationships #recovery #remorse #sin

I know now that we never get over great losses; we absorb them, and they carve us into different, often kinder, creatures. ↗

— Gail Caldwell

#recovery #friendship

I was the first candidate to come out against this war, spoke at every anti-war march. ↗

— Al Sharpton

#anti-war #candidate #come #every #first

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#age #always #been #feel #i

You have very accurately described the difficulty of presenting my books on film: many of my characters are alone most of the time, and when they do talk, what they say is mostly lies. That can make for a pretty confusing film. ↗

— Thomas Perry

#alone #books #characters #confusing #described

There is nothing to see beyond what can be. ↗

— Oliver Rendchen

#life #life

I think she's brave. I think that nobody has ever believed what she could be capable of. All her life, nobody was listening. ↗

— Lauren DeStefano

#listening #strong #life

God uses some of the worst times to do great things. ↗

— Molly Evangeline

#molly-evangeline #faith

They tried to believe in their classmates. They must have believed that if we could all get together, then we might end up being saved. We should commend them for that. We couldn't do that. ↗

— Koushun Takami

#faith #faith