"The job has left me with a healthy disregard for what you might call Public Life. I have no desire now to go to receptions, to be seen at gatherings of the great and the good, to stand and be bored to death by men in grey suits."

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Michael Longley

#Jobs Quotes #Men Quotes #Bored Quotes

“Put a bird cage near the window so that the bird can see the sky? It's much better to look than not to, even if it hurts.”
“I don't want all that much. But I want to be fine. I want to live a simple life with many good moments and a lot of fun.”

Source : Erlend Loe (2011). “Naïve. Super”, p.71, Canongate Books
“And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be beorn among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows form out of the places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of binds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny. -from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon, by Jurith Dorine, Right Hand to the Queen of Almoren, 742 AB, the Third Age”
“The nature of the internet is that you don't know who is behind the screen.”
“In the same way that slavery was a moral challenge for the 19th century and totalitarianism was a challenge for the 20th century, the challenge that women and girls face around the world is the moral challenge of our time.”
“The only thing poverty does is grind down your nerve endings to a point that you can work harder and stoop lower than most people are willing to. It chips away a person's dreams to the point that the hopelessness shows through, and the dreamer accepts that hard work and borrowed houses are all this life will ever be.”

Source : Rick Bragg (2010). “All Over but the Shoutin'”, p.25, Vintage
“Peter,â€ Ashley asked softly, â€œDo you know what that was?â€ â€œOf course,â€ Peter said, much affronted. â€œA thimble.â€ â€œNo,â€ said Ashley, staring, â€œThat was a kiss.â€ â€œDidnâ€™t it strike you as a little different from other thimbles youâ€™ve had in the past?â€ Peter looked shifty. â€œWell, yes.â€ â€œHa!â€ â€œIt was my first thimble with tongue.â€ Peter told her with dignity.”
“To care for the natural world is the most effective insurance policy we can have”

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