"I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays â€” they may have struck him as just another reminder that his draw was getting slower by the yearâ€”but what if he truly liked a major celebration? What if he looked forward every year to marking the day of his birth with what they used to call in the West 'a real wingding, with pink balloons and a few survivors'?"

-- Calvin Trillin

#Real Quotes #Kids Quotes #Years Quotes

“I have worked without thinking of myself. This is the largest factor in whatever success I have attained.”
“Complacency is the deadly enemy of spiritual progress. The contented soul is the stagnant soul.”
“Little by little a planetary prayer book is thus being composed by an increasingly united humanity seeking its oneness. Once again, but this time on a universal scale, humankind is seeking no less than its reunion with 'divine,' its transcendence into higher forms of life.”
“I was doing the family grocery shopping accompanied by two children, an event I hope to see included in the Olympics in the near future.”

Source : Anna Quindlen (2010). “Living Out Loud”, p.155, Ballantine Books
“We are not superior. There are no clear distinctions between us and animals.”
“Written on the mirror, revealed by the steam, were the words, I love you, Jane.”
“My parents are desperate, they keep saying: 'Please stop doing these angsty roles; make it easier for us.' So, yeah, I'd love to do some comedy.”
“Wrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight, At the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more, When he bares his teeth, winter meets its death, And when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.”

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