"The pain comes from more than the facts……" — John Jakes
"The pain comes from more than the facts of circumstance, or the deeds of others. It comes from within. From understanding what we lost. It comes from knowing how foolish we were - vain, arrogant children - when we thought ourselves happy. It comes from knowing how fragile and doomed the old ways were, just when we thought them and ourselves, secure!. The pain comes from knowing we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes from knowing we can never be children again."
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13 Quotes by John Jakes
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The pain comes from knowing that we have never been safe, and therefore will never be safe again. It comes…
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Going after anything worthwile in life entailed risk, of course. A man of ambition and courage didn't let that stop…
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Losing innocence. Remembering Heaven. That was the essence of Hell
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Libraries are magical places. There's nothing quite like strolling the hushed aisles, letting your eye rove along dimly lit shelves.…
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Spend as much time as you can with your mouth shut and your eyes and ears open.
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Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed…
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No writer should minimize the factor that affects everyone, but is beyond control: luck.
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The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
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Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write,…
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We are all dying of life.
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I have always had a special affinity for libraries and librarians, for the most obvious reasons. I love books. (One…
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The house burned an hour before midnight on the last day of April. The wild, distant ringing of the fire…
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If your opponent is of choleric temper, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant.
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