"You touch things lightly or deeply; you move along because life herself moves, and you canâ€™t stop it."

-- Jim Harrison

“If you believe in the right to life, then you must believe in the right to have the means to defend that life.”
“Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.”
“My running style was kind of just head-on, because I couldn't dance.”
“In preindustrial cultures leisure is scarcely a burden or a "problem" because it is built into the ritual and ground plan of life for which people are conditioned in childhood; often they possess a relatively timeless attitude toward events.”
“I think being a mother is the cruelest thing in the world.”

Source : Nella Larsen (2010). “The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories”, p.227, Anchor
“I signed up for the musical Tommy in the West End, where I met my husband.”
“Practice doing yoga with an innocent mind. Then, you will be able to cognize the things happening in your body”
“Children get acquainted with each other in a special way, they do not make contracts as adults, they believe each other or not. Childish friendships often end in violence. You may become an enemy all of a sudden as well as notice that you are someone's best friend.”

Source : FaceBook post by Henning Mankell from Oct 22, 2012

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