"We Americans are trained to think big, talk big, act big, love big, admire bigness but then the essential mystery is in the small."

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Source : Jim Harrison (2007). “Off to the Side: A Memoir”, p.21, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Jim Harrison

#Thinking Quotes #Essentials Quotes #Mystery Quotes

“I had been fighting since 1998 and knowing that this was going to be my last fight â€“ I was not going to leave any questions or anything out there as far as, â€˜Could I have done anything different?â€™ I was going to give this everything I had. My last memories of being a fighter were going to be good ones.”
“The only reason integrity should be a burden to you is if you enjoy being dishonest.”
“Greater powers and resources do not guarantee tactical superiority.”
“Wretched unfair, it is,â€ he remarked. â€œOf the three of us, Iâ€™m the one whoâ€™s always collected the rare and unusual, yet you two managed to snag the worldâ€™s most unusual women. First you, Crispin, with the only living half-breed, who then turned into an even more unusual vampire. And now you, Charles, have bagged a shape-shifter. Thought you were joking when you said Denise was the kitty. Iâ€™m simply green with jealousy”
“This is the most precious gift anyone has ever received. You gave me back a memory that I will cherish forever. You gave me something from my grandma I didn't know I had. And you kept it and it lef you back to mme. It gave me you'' I felt a wetness in my eyes and I blinked confused from the strange sensation. A small trickle of water rand down my cheek. I stared into the darkness as I held Pagan in my arms in amazement Death had just shed a tear.”
“I've been on a tweeting mission.”
“It is impossible to say why we love something or someone. We can come up with reasons if we have to, but the important part happens in the dark, beyond our control. We just know when it is there. And when it goes away.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2012). “Little Star: A Novel”, p.278, Macmillan
“In bringing the subject of religious oppression to a wider audience, I didn't just want to kick the Catholic Church but to poke a finger in the throat of theocracy and to let it be known that people shouldn't tolerate this anymore.”

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