"So as the years draw on toward the Biblical limit, the inclination to look back, and to tell some sort of story of what one has seen, grows upon most of us."

-- Mary Augusta Ward

#Growing Up Quotes #Biblical Quotes #Years Quotes

“There are no kinder or better people in the world than those who listen to you when you are 18.”
“A stone is ingrained with geological and historical memories.”
“Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine. But do I? Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately about a year ago.”

Source : "Rob Ford's crack use - in his own words". www.cbc.ca. November 5, 2013.
“Fewer and fewer people are attracted to the church service and more and more people are attracted to the service of the church.”
“Very possible! Possible, indeed. Maybe even probable, which, as you know if you study your arithmetic,can happen more often than possible. In other words, probable is more possible than possible. - Bubo”
“Consider this: all the ants on the planet, taken together, have a biomass greater than that of humans. Ants have been incredibly industrious for millions of years. Yet their productiveness nourishes plants, animals, and soil. Human industry has been in full swing for little over a century, yet it has brought about a decline in almost every ecosystem on the planet. Nature doesn't have a design problem. People do.”

Source : William McDonough, Michael Braungart (2010). “Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things”, p.16, Macmillan
“Though I am not an avid reader but I like romantic books. Love is a good thing. At times in love, there are disappointmentsâ€¦one must not keep expectations. I like to be positive in love. I believe in happy endings.”
“Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike him and endearing that I almost changed my mind and said yes. But then I imagined a lifetime of having to cry to get him to be kind, and I went back to no again.”

Source : Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.133, Dial Press

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