Kay Hooper quotes

“But in real life, happily-ever-after is just the beginning. It's where life starts.”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (1984). “If There Be Dragons”

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“Maybe that's what is means to be human . . . forever questioning our certainties.”
-- Kay Hooper

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“Saying that you love is easy, but living up to those simple words is the most difficult thing you'll ever do.”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.138, Loveswept

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“I had to learn to value myself before I could expect to be valued by others”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.45, Loveswept

#Values Quotes

“I know what I don't want. I don't want to live through somebody else. To do what others expect me to do, be what they think I should be. I have to make my own choices, my own decisions. I have to control my own life, at least as much as any of us can”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.47, Loveswept

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“Love without trust. The difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.54, Loveswept

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“without understanding and respect, even love could turn into a trap all too easily”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2016). “What Dreams May Come”, p.82, Loveswept

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“There are things in the human mind that are not meant to be seen or touched, things seldom even acknowledged by our conscious selves. Fantasies, impulses, rages, hatreds, primitive instincts. They're buried deep, usually, and that's where they belong.”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (2010). “Stealing Shadows: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel”, p.31, Bantam

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“Sometimes reality is better than dreams”
-- Kay Hooper

Source : Kay Hooper (1990). “What Dreams May Come”, Doubleday Books

#Dream Quotes #Reality Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“The moment that any life, however good, stifles you, you may be sure it isn't your real life.”

“First birth is from your parents, but real birth, real life, begins when one accepts a bona fide spiritual master and renders service unto him. Then the path is open for going back to home, back to Godhead, to live eternally in full knowledge and full bliss and in association with the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself, Lord Krishna.”

“I think fiction can help us find everything. You know, I think that in fiction you can say things and in a way be truer than you can be in real life and truer than you can be in non-fiction. There's an accuracy to fiction that people don't really talk about - an emotional accuracy.”

“Of course, the advantage is that, being in this business, you get to learn a lot, experience a lot of new things, and you can become real successful. The disadvantage is, of course the negative media. People may try to manipulate you and control you, and those are the things you have to avoid. But if you maintain strong family values and you believe in God, you can be successful. So, it's been tough, but I've gotten through it because I stuck with my family and my deep belief in God.”

“In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.”

“I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life.”

“I`ve realized that in all the great stories, even if there`s a happily-ever-after ending, there`s something sad.”

“And they lived happily (aside from a few normal disagreements, misunderstandings, pouts, silent treatments, and unexpected calamities) ever after.”

“There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.”

“All I will tell you is that I play a small role in someone's happily ever after.”