"I don't find life unbearably grave. I find it almost intolerably frivolous."

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Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

Sebastian Faulks

“I so desperately hate to end these movies that the first thing I do when I'm done is write another one. Then I don't feel sad about having to leave and everybody going away.”

Source : "John Hughes" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. August 6, 2009.
“The future's comin' at ya' like a freight train.”
“Every single one of you has something you're good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That's the opportunity an education can provide.”

Source : Obama's Speech to Students at Cairo University in Cairo, www.cbsnews.com. June 4, 2009.
“Once you lost all hope, time began to go faster and the senseless days deadened your soul.”
“This nation, this generation, in this hour has man's first chance to build a Great Society, a place where the meaning of man's life matches the marvels of man's labor.”
“The candle of liberty has always been kept lit by a vigilant few.”
“My app is the same juicy paint used by Vincent Van Gogh; my screen is the woven canvas of Titian. Painting by hand, I've come to figure, is a certain kind of love.”
“Nobody ever lived in the past.”

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