“But the next time Nikki eats too many crabby snacks, I am going to tell her she did not eat too much and that she looks too skinny anyway; I'll say she needs to gain a few pounds because I like my women looking like women and not like 'Ms. Six O'Clock-straight up, straight down,' which is another term I learned from Danny.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
“Are tears the dewdrops of the heart?”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
“Only the solitary seek the truth, and they break with all those who don't love it sufficiently”
― Doctor Zhivago
― Doctor Zhivago
“I have to admit that Emily is a cute kid, and I instantly understand why Ronnie has written me so many letters about his daughter-why he loves her so much. I start to think about having children with Nikki someday and I become so happy that I give little Emily a kiss on the forehead, as if she were Nikki's baby and I was her father. And then I kiss Emily's forehead again and again, until she giggles.”
― The Silver Linings Playbook
― The Silver Linings Playbook
“Mature affection, homage, devotion, does not easily express itself. Its voice is low. It is modest and retiring, it lies in ambush, waits and waits. Such is the mature fruit. Sometimes a life glides away, and finds it still ripening in the shade.”
― David Copperfield
― David Copperfield
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