"It was the first time that I came face to face with madness and feared it and was fascinated by it."

-- Edna O'Brien

#Faces Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Madness Quotes

“I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life.”
“Good keepers sniff out attacks whether with the feet or a throw out.”

Source : "Wandering With USA Goalkeeper Tim Howard" by Alan Black, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2011.
“I've always believed a great photographer should concentrate more on depth of feeling and less on depth of field.”
“Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others.”
“First frost meant letting go, so it was always reason to celebrate.”
“From each as they choose, to each as they are chosen.”

Source : Robert Nozick (1974). “Anarchy, state, and utopia”
“One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.”

Source : Matthew Reilly (2015). “The Great Zoo of China”, p.451, Simon and Schuster
“It may be asked, why there cannot be one and the same path for all? Because He reveals Himself in infinite ways and forms - verily, The One is all of them.”

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