"Everything I said he agreed with, which was trying, and his flute playing would make the deaf wince, but I think the real problem with Hyacinth was that he reminded me of myself. He read poetry. He flinched at loud noises. In addition to having no musical skills, he had no martial skills. He avoided any situation that might require physical effort on his part. Seeing him, I found it no wonder that my father despised me."

-- Megan Whalen Turner

#Real Quotes #Father Quotes #Reflection Quotes

“It's not music, it's a disease. (on rock'n'roll)”
“Complaining is an insult to God.”
“Although God certainly knows all our needs, praying for them changes our attitude from complaint to praise and enables us to participate in Godâ€™s personal plan for our lives.”
“I watched my parents go from having very basic jobs to educating themselves, to buying a house. They set a really good bar for what they wanted their kids to achieve.”

Source : "Tinie Tempah interview: 'It's a new day, a new age, a new outlook'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. February 12, 2011.
“It was when I realised I had a new nationality: I was in exile. I am an adulterous resident: when I am in one city, I am dreaming of the other. I am an exile; citizen of the country of longing.”

Source : Suketu Mehta (2006). “Maximum city: Bombay lost and found”, p.33, Penguin Books India
“I never knew a mocker who was not mocked, a deceiver who was not deceived, or a proud man who was not humbled.”

Source : "L'Heptaméron". Sixth Day, Novel LI (trans. W. K. Kelly), 1558.
“Asia's culture has planted its roots all over the world, and also has roots in my personal culture.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“It is better to be lonely than allow people who are not going anywhere keep you from your destiny.”

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