"So many words get lost. They leave the mouthand lose their courage, wandering aimlessly until they are swept into the gutter like dead leaves. On rainy days you can hear their chorus rushing past."

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Source : Nicole Krauss (2006). “The History of Love: A Novel”, p.111, W. W. Norton & Company

Nicole Krauss

#Past Quotes #Rainy Day Quotes #Rushing Quotes

“The pilot looked at his cues of attitude and speed and orientation and so on and responded as he would from the same cues in an airplane, but there was no way it flew the same. The simulators had showed us that.”
“If I die," he whispered in the dark, "dinna follow me. The bairns will need ye. Stay for them. I can wait.”
“I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism.”
“I often say that shareholders should feel very responsible for how responsive corporations are to the public trust.”
“When someone at the State Department proclaims Facebook to be the most organic tool for promoting democracy the world has ever seen - that's a direct quote - it may help in the short run by getting more people onto Facebook by making it more popular with dissidents.”
“Heroes who shed their blood and lost their lives! You are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.”
“And as I was sort of doodling, I was thinking, surprise and fear - probably fairly similar so let's just lose surprise. And that left us with five.”

Source : "It's All In Your Head: Director Pete Docter Gets Emotional In 'Inside Out'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 10, 2015.
“The beauty of a game of chess is usually assessed according to the sacrifices it contains.”

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