Alison Lurie Quotes

You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.

Alison Lurie

• Life
• Good
• Hurt
• Angry
• Habit
• Pattern

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• You get into the habit of being angry and hurt by life, and then when something good happens you can't accept it because it doesn't fit the pattern.

  

  Alison Lurie
  • Life
  • Good
  • Hurt