"Both my parents loved words. That was the big deal in our house."

-- Geraldine Brooks

#House Quotes #Parent Quotes #Bigs Quotes

“Being asked where in Greece he saw good men , he replied, "'Good men nowhere, but good boys at Sparta.”
“Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.”
“I would work as a cook, get a little money, then open another restaurant.”
“Willow, things feel more uncertain than ever now," He said finally. "But I love you. For as long as I live - if that's fifty years from now, or just next week - I'll love you.”

Source : L.A. Weatherly (2011). “Angel Fire: The Angel Trilogy”, p.344, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“I'm a Jewish boy from Jersey. I was born with a strong sense of right and wrong, and a strong sense that the world can be a ludicrous, unfair, inhumane place.”

Source : "Oregon Book Award Finalist Barry Sanders: the Purposeful Rambler". www.oregonlive.com. April 16, 2011.
“Friendship, love, health, energy, enthusiasm, and joy are the things that make life worth living and exploring.”

Source : FaceBook post by Denise Austin from May 20, 2014
“As a viewer, I'm personally less interested in the damaged, white, middle-class male figuring out his dreams and more interested in maybe an underdog figuring out how they're going to survive in a world that doesn't necessarily invite them in.”
“So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the blue-silver of the cold moon, shining brilliantly on the drifts of fresh-fallen snow, with the myriad sparkles. I talk to myself and look at the dark trees, blessedly neutral. So much easier than facing people, than having to look happy, invulnerable, clever.”

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