“Things were happening around us, but nothing was happening between us.”
Source: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
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Novelist 1977Related quotes
“At first first nothing will happen to us
and later on
it will happen to us again.”
Leonard Cohen book Book of Longing
Variant: first of all nothing will happen
and a little later
nothing will happen again
Source: Book of Longing
“What happened between those two beings? Nothing. They were adoring one another.”
Victor Hugo book Les Misérables
Source: Les Misérables
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician
Peter Marshall, US Senate prayer (10 March 1948)
Misattributed
“… as long as nothing happens between them, the memory is cursed with what hasn't happened.”
Marguerite Duras book Blue Eyes, Black Hair
Source: Blue Eyes, Black Hair
“It's not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
Stephen R. Covey book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
“The art of life is not controlling what happens to us, but using what happens to us”
Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist
“It's not what happens to us that molds us. It's what we do with what happens to us.”
Anita Stansfield (1961) American writer
Source: Where the Heart Leads