"All over India, all over the world, as the sun or the shadow of darkness moves from east to west, the call to prayer moves with it, and people kneel down in a wave to pray to God. Five waves each day - one for each namaaz - ripple across the globe from longitude to longitude. The component elements change direction, like iron filings near a magnet - towards the house of God in Mecca."

-- Vikram Seth

#Prayer Quotes #Moving Quotes #Iron Quotes

“Weâ€™re taught at an early age that weâ€™re not good enough. That someone else has to choose us in order for us to beâ€¦what? Blessed? Rich? Certified? Legitimized? Educated? Partnership material?”
“I'd asked girls out and they'd turn me down, and so finally it got to the place where you didn't want to be rejected. And so you just didn't ask.”
“Philosophy appears to concern itself only with the truth, but perhaps expresses only fantasies, while literature appears to concern itself only with fantasies, but perhaps it expresses the truth.”

Source : Antonio Tabucchi (2010). “Pereira Maintains”, p.21, Canongate Books
“Love is the biggest thing. I feel that if we all were truly loving to each other, I think life would be better. Even to like, a stranger. They could be going through something crazy in their day and just to show love towards that person.”

Source : "Interview: Leon Bridges on love, life advice, and lyrics". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.
“When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.”
“You can fall into a trap, worrying too much about what the audience might think, rather than going from the inside out.”
“It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.”
“"You going back," she said. "You ain't going to run away from this, Grant."”

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