"There was the single abiding certainty that they would never be at a loss for things to carry."

-- Tim O'Brien

#Loss Quotes #Abiding Quotes #Certainty Quotes

“Young people ought not to be idle, it is very bad for them.”
“I like being in kids' movies, and I like being in family movies.”
“I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but I'm ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life. The four of us will continue our close friendship, and I look forward to hearing their future efforts as the world's biggest R.E.M. fan.”
“It holds for good polity ever, to have that outwardly in vilest estimation, which inwardly is most dear to us.”
“The comparative view of the powers of the magistrates, in two remarkable instances, is alone sufficient to represent the whole system of German manners. The disposal of the landed property within their district was absolutely vested in their hands, and they distributed it every year according to a new division. At the same time, they were not authorised to punish with death, to imprison, or even to strike, a private citizen.”
“Body concentrates order. It continuously self-repairs. Every five days you get a new stomach lining. You get a new liver every two months. Your skin replaces itself every six weeks. Every year, 98 percent of the atoms of your body are replaced. This non-stop chemical replacement, metabolism, is a sure sign of life.”

Source : Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan (1995). “What is Life?”, p.17, Univ of California Press
“It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time”
“When we invoke the soul we move from the realm of information to the more vital realm of wisdom, the attainment of which is the only true value of learning.”

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