"I'm not sure that I recovered, but I also know that I cannot afford going back yet. I see how much the kids are happier, I guess, here and I think that they might have a better future not hiding."

-- Sayed Kashua

#Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Might Quotes

“I've learned to write the truth. But to do that, I had to figure out what the truth was-and I had to realize that the truth isn't always the same for everyone. I had to realize that my truth may not be the same as your truth.”

Source : Pat Murphy (2008). “The Wild Girls”, p.192, Penguin
“Nobody thinks quotas are a great win for women - the win would be removing the discrimination and inequality that creates under-representation in the first place. But in the short term, alongside other measures, they can be an effective way to make progress happen faster.”
“As a young child, I thought that all pianists played everything. I mean, I thought anything on piano - any piano music, all pianists played it.”

Source : "'Fresh Air' Remembers Hit Songwriter, Pianist And Producer Allen Toussaint". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 13, 2015.
“You’ve already lost the battle if you’re afraid to fight.”
“Jealousy is the most dreadfully involuntary of all sins.”
“While Jesus was at Jerusalem there came a voice from heaven. For what purpose was the voice sent? For the sake of those who stood by. "Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes" (John xii, 30). Of what benefit was the voice when those who heard it were unable to distinguish it from thunder? "The people therefore, that stood by and heard it, said that it thundered" (29).”
“You can get used to anything, I guess, if you've been there enough.”
“All my life I've always been so blue, born to lose, and now I'm losing you.”

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