"I think being raised within a Mexican Catholic family made magical realism a very natural part of who I am as a person and as a writer. My parents always told us great stories that often had magical elements and roots within Mexican folklore. Also, I remember my father reading a book to me, when I was very young, about the lives of saints. Those were crazy scary stories! Maybe he was trying to scare me into being a good person. In the end, magical realism offers me untethered freedom to explore human frailty and the way we clumsily cobble together our lives on this strange planet."

-- Daniel Olivas

#Crazy Quotes #Father Quotes #Book Quotes

“The best gift you can give yourself is an open mind.”
“Eh! Je suis leur chef, il fallait bien les suivre. (Ah well! I am their leader, I really ought to follow them.)”
“With everything that has happened to you, you can either feel sorry for yourself or treat what has happened as a gift. Everything is either an opportunity to grow or an obstacle to keep you from growing. You get to choose.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Apr 29, 2015
“Global terror does not respect national boundaries.”
“He who binds His soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.”

Source : Nathaniel Parker Willis (1850). “The poetical works of N.P. Willis”, p.91
“On the surface, humans appear to hate conflict, but in reality, they seek it.”
“Decision-making takes care of goal-setting, but discipline also takes care of goal-getting. Decisions and discipline can't be separated; one is worthless without the other.”
“You can't leave a footprint that lasts if you're always walking on tiptoe.”

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