"We all have such stories. It is a brutal arithmetic. But I - I am alive. You are alive. As long as we breathe, we can see and hear. As long as we can remember, all those gone before are alive inside us."

-- Jane Yolen

#Long Quotes #Gone Quotes #Stories Quotes

“Merely to have survived is not an index of excellence.”

Source : Anthony Hecht (2012). “Collected Earlier Poems”, p.72, Knopf
“If the system turns away from the abuses inflicted on the guilty, then who can be next but the innocents?”
“I didn't have to go to school, graduate and then go, What am I going to do? I knew from the beginning.”
“Believers do not surrender. They can continue on their way to the truth because they are certain that God has created them "explorers", whose mission is to leave no stone unturned, though the temptation to doubt is always there. Leaning on God, they continue to reach out, always and everywhere, for all that is beautiful, good, and true.”
“I almost forgot what it's like to be proud of my government.”
“The object in being on the spiritual path is not to have just a little influx of energy, but to be the energy itself - consciously.”
“He is the straight to video sequel to your summer hit movie. He is the verse to that song on the radio you have to hum cause you canâ€™t remember the words. You couldnâ€™t break this kidâ€™s heart, he is so far beyond that. This is the kind of kid who blew out the candles on hope all alone for too many birthdays to remember. And no one has ever fallen in love with anyone with a smile thatâ€™s dripping with â€œplease dieâ€.”
“Instead of just being a band that's constantly replacing members, we figured we'd done all of the stuff we wanted to do. It seemed to make sense to see if we could live our lives without the band.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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