"The great trains howling from track to track all night. The taut and telegraphic murmur of ten thousand city wires, drawn most cruelly against a city sky. The rush of city waters, beneath the city streets. The passionate passing of the night's last El."

-- Nelson Algren

#Night Quotes #Sky Quotes #Cities Quotes

“One cannot be too careful with words, they change their minds just as people do.”
“My biggest regret is that I didn't listen to my intuition as it was yelling at me.”
“The people themselves begin to clamour for an education which shall qualify their children for life rather than for earning a living. As a matter of fact, it is the man who has read and thought on many subjects who is, with the necessary training, the most capable whether in handling tools, drawing plans, or keeping books.”

Source : Charlotte Mason (2013). “Towards a Psychology of Education”, p.13, Simon and Schuster
“Technologies that may be realized in centuries or millennium include: warp drive, traveling faster than the speed of light, parallel universes; are there other parallel dimensions and parallel realities? Time travel that we mentioned and going to the stars.”
“Feminism's latest victory: the right to get your limbs blown off in war. Congratulations.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 24, 2013
“Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...”
“My work has taken me from historical research to involvement in electronic publishing ventures to the directorship of the Harvard University Libraries.”
“So much of comedy is feeling comfortable with the point of view coming at you. So I understand it. There's people who I find hilarious now, but the first couple of times I saw 'em, I was like "What is this? I don't get it at all."”

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