"When I was very young, Denmark was a very small country, and we still are, but it was then very provincial and everybody knew everybody. Now, we are very much like the rest of the world, especially with the arrival of the internet."

-- Michala Petri

#Country Quotes #World Quotes #Denmark Quotes

“Age has no reality except in the physical world. The essence of a human being is resistant to the passage of time.”

Source : "Fictional character: Florentino Ariza". "Love in the Time of Cholera", www.imdb.com. 2007.
“I was at an art museum with my parents, and was quite taken with a [Vincent] Van Gogh painting. I stood admiring the painting for some time, and then realized that in addition to feeling moved by the beauty of the painting, I felt a little jealous of the painter.”
“'The green beret' is again becoming a symbol of excellence, a badge of courage, a mark of distinction in the fight for freedom. I know the United States Army will live up to its reputation for imagination, resourcefulness, and spirit as we meet this challenge.”
“A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.”
“Because they do burn leaves here, the older folks do, and I remember now that I love it and always have. The way fall feels at night because of it, because of the crackling sound and walking around the sidewalks, like when you're a kid, and kicking those soft piles, and seeing smoke from backyards and Mr. Kilstrap standing over the metal drum with the holes in the top, the sparking embers at his feet.”

Source : Megan Abbott (2012). “Dare Me: A Novel”, p.70, Hachette UK
“It is often the case, as all the saints know, that fellowship with the Father and the Son is most vivid and sweet, and Christian joy is greatest, when the cross is heaviest.”
“I was brought into situations God couldn't get out of, and I got out of them.”
“What the eye delights in, no longer dictates My greed to enjoy: boys, grass, the fenced-off deer. It leaves those figures that distantly play On the horizon's rim: they sign their peace, in games.”

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