"He tries to peel the image from the sticky yellow backing, to show her the next time he sees her, but it clings stubbornly, refusing to detach cleanly from the past."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Past Quotes #Yellow Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.”

Source : Principles of Psychology (1890) vol. 2, ch. 22
“As a print journalist, if you hear a rumour you try to stand it up and if you can't, the story dies. With a blog you can throw the rumour out there and ask for help. You can say: 'We don't know if this is true or not.”

Source : "The Brit dishing the dirt on America" by Jay Rayner, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2008.
“Praying is no easy matter. It demands a relationship in which you allow someone other than yourself to enter into the very center of your person, to see there what you would rather leave in darkness, and to touch there what you would rather leave untouched.”
“The fear of death is the beginning of slavery.”

Source : Robert Anton Wilson (1991). “Coincidance: A Head Test”
“Sometimes, if you leave yourself open, an actor can bring nice nuances to a character.”
“True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one”
“Some of the most wonderful aspects and consequences of evolution have been discovered only recently. This is in stark contrast to creationism, which offers a static view of the world, one that cannot be challenged or tested with reason. And because it cannot make predictions, it cannot lead to new discoveries, new medicines, or new ways to feed all of us.”
“One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.”

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