"I once played the chief part in a rather exciting business without ever once budging from London . And the joke of it was that the man who went out to look for adventure only saw a bit of the game, and I who sat in my chambers saw it all and pulled the strings. 'They also serve who only stand and wait,' you know."

-- John Buchan

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“For many, many years, I was always whipping up things in order to keep myself busy and moving ever forward and saying, 'What's next? What's next? What's next?' I like the equanimity that comes with my age. I don't have big highs, and I don't have big lows. Even if this job goes away tomorrow, the nonstop ambition is a thing of the past for me. I've mellowed”
“If you want to manage somebody, manage yourself. Do that well and you'll be ready to stop managing. And start leading.”
“It is a sad weakness in us, after all, that the thought of a man's death hallows him anew to us; as if life were not sacred too.”
“We'd even devised the Buffy scale of life relationships: you start off wanting Xander, spend your twenties going out with Spike and setttle down with giles.”

Source : Jenny Colgan (2005). “The Boy I Loved Before: A Novel”, p.14, Macmillan
“I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.”
“I suppose in London they all drink from the same watering holes.”
“Is 4 the same 4 for everybody? Are all sevens equal? When the convict ponders the light is it the same light that shines on you?”
“Mystery is underrated, and understanding is overrated.”

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