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1 " Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. "
― Craig Lancaster , Quantum Physics and the Art of Departure
2 " Photographs, it seems to me, are both moments in time and bits of memory. "
― Craig Lancaster , 600 Hours of Edward (Edward, #1)
3 " Any fighter knows that regret that doesn't inform your future is wasted emotion. If you lose and dwell on the missed opportunity rather than the chances to come, you're finished. "
― Craig Lancaster , The Fallow Season of Hugo Hunter
4 " I feel bad for Donna Middleton. But I do not feel sorry for her. This is a fine distinction, I think, but it feels right to me. I do not think Donna Middleton would appreciate my feeling sorry for her. "
5 " I know about how you need to be left alone to do work. I know why. This job, you'll be allowed to do that. You'll report to me, but when you're here, you'll be working on tasks that I assign and that you'll be able to do by yourself. "
6 " I think that people who stand up for what they believe in, no matter how unpopular, should be celebrated, not cast aside. "
7 " I tried eHarmony, because I liked the white hair and glasses of that guy on the commercials, and his manner was gentle, but eHarmony told me that the system and it's twenty nine levels of compatibility couldn't find anyone for me.That hurt my feelings. "
8 " That's the problem with belief: If you rely on it too heavily, you have a lot of picking up to do after you find out you were wrong. "
9 " The complaint lies with me, not with you. I never could find a way to make you proud of me, and at some point, I think I stopped trying. When you were here, I blamed you for that. I think now, the failure is mine... It occurs to me that death is a funny thing - not funny in a laughter sort of way, but in a twisty sort of way. It's the people who are left behind who have to grapple with the regret. The one who is gone is just gone. Wherever you are... I hope you have regret about what happened yesterday. "
10 " As I was saying, you have made the decision to let people into your life. Part of that involves being disappointed by them sometimes. Part of that involves being thrilled by them sometimes. It’s up to you to decide whether the risk is worth the reward. "
11 " I prefer facts, but sometimes sense is all you have to go on. "
12 " I hope you do exist. Even though hope is as intangible as belief, I am not hostile to it. "
13 " I think a high grammar standard may be a losing fight on the Internet. "
14 " when we say nasty things about other people, we’re really criticizing something in them that we don’t like in ourselves. "
― Craig Lancaster , Edward Adrift (Edward, #2)
15 " Jack Bauer is fooling his audience, but he's not fooling me. "
16 " I’m adrift. That’s the feeling I’ve had since setting out today—and, really, for much of this shitburger of a year—and I’ve finally found the word to describe that feeling. "
17 " I don’t feel sorry for myself. I’m not owed any of that. The opportunities were there, and I did not take them. I find it difficult to live with this sometimes. "
18 " Ernest Hemingway talked about how writing is opening up a vein and bleeding onto the page. You prepared to do that? "
19 " We never have that kind of fun now. Thinking of that made me sad. I hope we can have fun again sometime. I found out that I still know how. Maybe you still know how too. "
20 " Dinner is leftover spaghetti, with meat sauce, warmed up in the microwave. I eat spaghetti nine times a week, every week, and it is my favorite food. And yet, tonight, I wonder if I'm in a rut. "
