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Chris Cleave Quotes

I think bravery means a different thing to everyone Picture Quote #1

We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf Picture Quote #1

Everyone carries the weight of WWII with them in their recent family history, and yet it is rarely spoken about within families, because veterans and survivors don’t tend to talk Picture Quote #1

There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally from my life Picture Quote #1

I planned how I would kill myself in the time of Churchill (stand under bombs), Victoria (throw myself under a horse), and Henry the Eighth (marry Henry the Eighth)- Little Bee Picture Quote #1

Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds Picture Quote #1

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The Daily Mail can’t say ‘asylum-seeker’ without saying ‘foreign criminal’ in the same sentence. I’m sure it’s practically editorial policy Picture Quote #1

It’s extremely hard for athletes to accept what’s happened to them sometimes. It’s hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I’ve spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker Picture Quote #1

The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don’t always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn’t have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I’m interested in the exceptions Picture Quote #1

I think that there’s something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - ‘Swifter, higher, stronger’ - it’s such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy Picture Quote #1

Sometimes we don’t notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us Picture Quote #1

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The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us Picture Quote #1

The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening Picture Quote #1

There’s what people say, and there’s what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two Picture Quote #1

Yet war doesn’t end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation Picture Quote #1

However long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again Picture Quote #1

My whole life is my work Picture Quote #1

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If I can’t write it would be as if I died Picture Quote #1

I’m really interested in people’s decisions Picture Quote #1

I’m a much better writer for being a father Picture Quote #1

I’m not happy with just repeating myself Picture Quote #1

Our stories are the tellers of us Picture Quote #1

This thing with being lovers, it isn’t like being married Picture Quote #1

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I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself Picture Quote #1

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious Picture Quote #1

Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began Picture Quote #1

A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived Picture Quote #1

And thus love makes fools of us all Picture Quote #1

Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles Picture Quote #1

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I think bravery means a different thing to everyone (Chris Cleave Quotes) We leave it up to books and movies to talk about WWII on our behalf (Chris Cleave Quotes) Everyone carries the weight of WWII with them in their recent family history, and yet it is rarely spoken about within families, because veterans and survivors don’t tend to talk. (Chris Cleave Quotes) There was no quick grief for Andrew because he had been so slowly lost. First from my heart, then from my mind, and only finally from my life (Chris Cleave Quotes) I planned how I would kill myself in the time of Churchill (stand under bombs), Victoria (throw myself under a horse), and Henry the Eighth (marry Henry the Eighth)- Little Bee (Chris Cleave Quotes) Life is savagely unfair. It ignores our deep-seated convictions and places a disproportionate emphasis on the decisions we make in split seconds (Chris Cleave Quotes) The Daily Mail can’t say ‘asylum-seeker’ without saying ‘foreign criminal’ in the same sentence. I’m sure it’s practically editorial policy (Chris Cleave Quotes) It’s extremely hard for athletes to accept what’s happened to them sometimes. It’s hard to be beaten by a small margin, and I’ve spoken with athletes who, for years afterward, have been tormented by the knowledge that, had they done something ever so slightly different, they could have been one-ten-thousandth of a second quicker (Chris Cleave Quotes) The reason why I love people, and writing about them, is because they don’t always respond with hate and anger. If they did I wouldn’t have a story to tell. Who wants to know about someone who was brutalised and became brutal? I’m interested in the exceptions. (Chris Cleave Quotes) I think that there’s something extremely beautiful about the Olympic ideal and its motto - ‘Swifter, higher, stronger’ - it’s such a beautiful motto, and it celebrates everything which is the antithesis of death and dissolution and entropy. (Chris Cleave Quotes) Sometimes we don’t notice that someone is being brave, because they are only doing something that seems quite easy for us. (Chris Cleave Quotes) Our own personal brand of courage - in relationships, in conflict, in our principles Ã‚Â - is as unique as our fingerprints. (Chris Cleave Quotes) The ways in which we are able to express courage also depend on the hand life deals us (Chris Cleave Quotes) The future looks like gasoline. . . . crude oil . . . is the future before it has been refined. It is like a dream of the future, really, and like any dream it ends with a rude awakening. (Chris Cleave Quotes) There’s what people say, and there’s what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two. (Chris Cleave Quotes) Yet war doesn’t end with armistice, it only ends with forgiveness and reconciliation (Chris Cleave Quotes) However long the moon disappears, someday it must shine again (Chris Cleave Quotes) My whole life is my work (Chris Cleave Quotes) If I can’t write it would be as if I died (Chris Cleave Quotes) I’m really interested in people’s decisions (Chris Cleave Quotes) I’m a much better writer for being a father (Chris Cleave Quotes) I’m not happy with just repeating myself (Chris Cleave Quotes) Our stories are the tellers of us (Chris Cleave Quotes) This thing with being lovers, it isn’t like being married (Chris Cleave Quotes) I am a woman built upon the wreckage of myself (Chris Cleave Quotes) If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious (Chris Cleave Quotes) Andrew had a gift for deepening the incision he began (Chris Cleave Quotes) A scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived (Chris Cleave Quotes) And thus love makes fools of us all (Chris Cleave Quotes) Nobody has the time to sit down and explain the first world from first principles (Chris Cleave Quotes)

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