"I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. More cures for the old sicknesses. Very good. But a harsh, cruel, world. And I saw a little girl, her eyes tightly closed, holding to her breast the old kind world, one that she knew in her heart could not remain, and she was holding it and pleading, never to let her go."

-- Kazuo Ishiguro

#Girl Quotes #Eye Quotes #Heart Quotes

“The vitality of a culture is in its capacity to assimilate foreign influences. The culture that's defensive and closed condemns itself to decadence.”

Source : "Scourge of the new Spain" by Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. August 12, 2000.
“Watching birds has become part of my daily meditation affirming my connection to the earth body.”
“Being a villain is great, even though I've only gotten to do it a few times.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I'm not good at meeting people, and I'm not good at small talk.”
“I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.”
“All other forms of history - economic history, social history, psychological history, above all sociology - seem to me history with the history left out.”
“The fulfillment of every desire only reveals its inadequacy.”
“Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.”

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