"Flying was certainly formative for me; I have a deep and lasting ease with it as a result."

-- Michael Light

#Flying Quotes #Ease Quotes #Results Quotes

“Many teachers think of children as immature adults. It might lead to better and more 'respectful' teaching, if we thought of adults as atrophied children. Many 'well-adjusted' adults are bitter, uncreative, frightened, unimaginative, and rather hostile people. Instead of assuming they were born that way, or that that's what being an adult entails, we might consider them as people damaged by their education and upbringing.”
“Either an executive can do his job or he can't.”
“Your life is about everyone whose life you touch, and it is about the way in which you touch them.”
“Being a seasoned Londoner, Martin gave the body the "London once-over" - a quick glance to determine whether this was a drunk, a crazy or a human being in distress. The fact that it was entirely possible for someone to be all three simultaneously is why good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like BASE jumping or crocodile wrestling.”
“They all wait impatiently for the blessed cloak of darkness to cover their wretched little deeds, but the sun will not be hurried by the whims of men.”

Source : Karen Maitland (2011). “The Gallows Curse”, p.126, Penguin UK
“Stillborn silence! thou that art Flood-gate of the deeper heart!”

Source : 'Miscellania' (1653)
“From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.”
“In every person's life, around 27 to 29 years old, the stars and the planets align themselves to exactly the way they were when you were born. You're faced with yourself. There's no running away.”

Source : "Lykke Li: Better Off Alone" by Carrie Battan, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2014.

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