"At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome……" — André Aciman
"At one hundred, surely you learn to overcome loss and grief—or do they hound you till the bitter end?"
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13 Quotes by André Aciman
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Whoever said the soul and the body met in the pineal gland was a fool. It's the asshole, stupid.
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As we walked, I began to wonder what the opposite of molting was and why, unlike the body, which sheds…
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All that remains is dreammaking and strange remembrance.
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I stopped for a second. If you remember everything, I wanted to say, and if you are really like me,…
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If I could have him like this in my dreams every night of my life, I'd stake my entire life…
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I suddenly realized that we were on borrowed time, that time is always borrowed, and that the lending agency exacts…
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Perhaps we were friends first and lovers second. But then perhaps this is what lovers are.
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If there is pain, nurse it, and if there is a flame, don't snuff it out, don't be brutal with…
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Most of us can't help but live as though we've got two lives to live, one is the mockup, the…
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And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were…
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No one starts as a self-hater. But rack up all of your mistakes and take a large enough number of…
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Would I still feel this way on leaving the party tonight? Or would I find cunning ways to latch on…
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard.
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Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
— Francis Bacon
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Bitter experience has taught us how fundamental our values are and how great the mission they represent.
— Jan Peter Balkenende
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Our most bitter enemies are our own kith and kin. Kings have no brothers, no sons, no mother!
— Honore de Balzac
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I guess I do have a childlike sense of fun, and although I still have my dark days, I'm generally…
— Drew Barrymore
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I am never writing a breakup record again, by the way. I'm done with being a bitter witch.
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There's a lot of bitterness, there's a lot of anger out there. We all have to work hard to heal…
— Allen Boyd
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People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just…
— Jo Brand
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Hurt leads to bitterness, bitterness to anger, travel too far that road and the way is lost.
— Terry Brooks
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Amsterdam has more than 150 canals and 1,250 bridges, but it never seems crowded, nor bent and bitter from fleecing…
— Julie Burchill
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