"The girl she said, I didnâ€™t tell you this because it was a small thing, but little girls, they leave their hearts at home when they walk outside. Hearts are so precious. They donâ€™t want to lose them."

-- Edwidge Danticat

#Girl Quotes #Home Quotes #Heart Quotes

“In every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.”

Source : "Lykke Li: Better Off Alone" by Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2014.
“Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands.”
“Abundance flourishes in a grateful heart; gratutude is the secret of love.”
“The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself and all things.”
“It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.”
“Sunset is the opening music of the night.”
“There is nothing so insupportable to man as to be in entire repose, without passion, occupation, amusement, or application. Then it is that he feels his own nothingness, isolation, insignificance, dependent nature, powerless, emptiness. Immediately there issue from his soul ennui, sadness, chagrin, vexation, despair.”
“Ebola has killed almost 12,000 people and at least 500 health workers. So it affected the entire population. And as you know, the World Health Organization was accused of not having declared an epidemic soon enough. And that's when we saw Ebola rampaging through Sierra Leone, Liberia and, to a lesser extent, Guinea.”

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