"At times, Singer Johnny Cash rubbed dirt from the earth under his fingernails in order to avoid any arrogance which might stem from his fame, by reminding himself of his roots and origins."

-- Robert Hilburn

#Class Quotes #Roots Quotes #Order Quotes

“It was an urge. . . . . A strong urge, and the longer I let it go the stronger it got, to where I was taking risks to go out and kill people-risks that normally, according to my little rules of operation, I wouldn't take because they could lead to arrest.”
“John Cross is feeling very boyish about Arsenal's chances”
“I will not take "but" for an answer.”
“It is the indispensable duty of those, who maintain for themselves the rights of human nature, and who possess the obligations of Christianity, to extend their power and influence to the relief of every part of the human race from whatever burden or oppression they may unjustly labor under.”
“The women of the South have brought into American literature a unique mixture of domesticity and grotesquerie.”
“It was as though all my hostilities, anxieties, and conflicts were in one ball that was flying away into space, farther from me all the time, leaving me content with myself”
“When I opened Wikipedia, it had three articles, yet it was called an encyclopedia.”
“I will never have a photograph of her to carry around in my pocket. I will never have a letter in her handwriting, or a scrap-book of everything we've done. I will never share an apartment with her in the city. I will never know if we are listening to the same song at the same time. We will not grow old together. I will not be the person she calls when she's in trouble. She will not be the person I call when I have stories to tell. I will never be able to keep anything she's given to me.”

Source : David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.193, Egmont UK

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