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1 " Mother used to say that however miserable one is, there’s always something to be thankful for. And each morning, when the sky brightened and light began to flood my cell, I agreed with her. "
― Albert Camus , The Stranger
2 " For [erotically intelligent couples], love is a vessel that contains both security and adventure, and commitment offers one of the great luxuries of life: time. Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning. They know that they have years in which to deepen their connection, to experiment, to regress, and even to fail. They see their relationship as something alive and ongoing, not a fait accompli. It’s a story that they are writing together, one with many chapters, and neither partner knows how it will end. There’s always a place they haven’t gone yet, always something about the other still to be discovered. "
― Esther Perel , Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic
3 " No time spent with a book is ever entirely wasted, even if the experience is not a happy one: there’s always something to be learned. It’s just that, every now and again, you hit a patch of reading that makes you feel as if you’re pootling about… But what can you do about it? We don’t choose to waste our reading time; it just happens. The books let us down. "
― Nick Hornby , More Baths, Less Talking
4 " Sometimes shows became almost obsessively obscure, as with the gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa) shows of nineteenth-century Britain, when workingmen in the industrial counties of northern England and the Midlands formed themselves into societies, constituted with presidents, secretaries, and stewards, for the purpose of running gooseberry shows—weight being the decisive factor. Quite why this fruit, always something of a minority taste, should become the subject of what only could be described as a cult remains a mystery. "
― , Hybrid: The History and Science of Plant Breeding
5 " I work at the graveyard. It's a family business passed down to me. I seem to be the last in line, however. But I don't plan to stop. I forget to stop and just keep going. Work to be done. Always something to do. I've been working here for hundreds of years. Burying more and more. It's a family business. "
6 " Stars also symbolize the cycle of life, solitude and gravity. They glow in the dark energy that’s the majority of space, and remind us that even in the pitch black, there’s always something that can shine. "
― L.J. Shen , Ruckus (Sinners of Saint, #2)
7 " One never stops climbing, Julie, unless he wants to stop and vegetate. There’s always something just ahead. "
― Irene Hunt , Up a Road Slowly
8 " I have a story to tell you. It has many beginnings, and perhaps one ending. Perhaps not. Beginnings and endings are contingent things anyway; inventions, devices. Where does any story really begin? There is always context, always an encompassingly greater epic, always something before the described events, unless we are to start every story with “BANG! Expand! Sssss…,” then itemize the whole subsequent history of the universe before settling down, at last, to the particular tale in question. Similarly, no ending is final, unless it is the end of all things… "
― Iain M. Banks , The Algebraist
9 " Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible. "
― Robert Jordan , The Great Hunt (The Wheel of Time, #2)
10 " There is always, always, always something to write about. "
― Rob Bignell , Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers
11 " Believe me, I’ve lived long enough to know that no matter how stable a life may seem, there’s always something that can change all of that in a blink of an eye. "
― Elle A. Rose , Broken Rules (The Chronicles of Amber Harris, #2)
12 " Heroes are more than just stories, they’re people. And people are complicated; people are strange. Nobody is a hero through and through, there’s always something in them that’ll turn sour... you’ll learn it one day. There are no heroes, only villains who win. "
― Joel Cornah , The Sea-Stone Sword
