"Birds were like dinosaurs' better selves. They had short lives and long summers. We all should be so lucky as to leave behind such heirs."

-- Jonathan Franzen

#Summer Quotes #Short Life Quotes #Self Quotes

“I don't want to share my worries - that's for me to know.”

Source : Interview With Hannah Pool, www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2007.
“The worst lies are the lies we tell ourselves. We live in denial of what we do, even what we think. We do this because we're afraid.We fear we will not find love,and when we find it we fear we'll lose it. We fear that if we don't have love we will be unhappy.”
“I don't have anyone telling me to change things or giving me unwanted opinions. It's just me and my band making music. It's nice for a change.”
“Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards out of brave men and fools out of everybody.”
“Philosophy is talk on a cereal box.”
“Adrien, people get killed all the time. Since when is it your job to find out what happened to them?" "I'm not usually suspected of murdering them." "You have been as long as I've known you.”
“There is no work better than to please God; to pour water, to wash dishes, to be a cobbler, or an apostle, all are one; to wash dishes and to preach are all one, as touching the deed, to please God.”
“Where lambs have nibbled, silent moves the feet of angels bright; unseen they pour blessing, and joy without ceasing, on each bud and blossom, and each sleeping bosom.”

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