"Zombies aren't about zombies. It's not about the dead bodies. I think it's a very hopeful subgenre. It says that regardless of what happens, humanity will get through it. We'll figure out a way to survive."

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Source : Source: www.hbook.com

Gene Luen Yang

#Thinking Quotes #Hopeful Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Forgiveness is not something you do for someone else, but to free YOURSELF from the continuation of pain and anger. It is a gift to your peace of mind, your self esteem, your relationships with others, your future.”
“Now while they were thus drawing towards the gate, behold, a company of the heavenly host came to meet them; to whom it was said by the other two Shining Ones, These are the men that have loved our Lord when they were in the world, and that have left all for his holy name; and he hath sent us to fetch them, and we have brought them thus far on their desired journey, that they may go in and look their Redeemer in the face with joy. Then the heavenly host gave a great shout, saying, 'Blessed are they that are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'”
“False happiness is like false money; it passes for a time as well as the true, and serves some ordinary occasions; but when it is brought to the touch, we find the lightness and alloy, and feel the loss.”
“To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.”
“Whatever I think of, I dismember.”

Source : Scott Watson, Jack Shadbolt (1990). “Jack Shadbolt”
“My voice in combination with the harp - which, by the way, I use because I've played it my entire life, not to make some statement about the harp - somehow has ... coloured people's interpretations of the music and projected an idea of childlike or fairytale quality or innocence. Which sometimes prevents people from listening to the songs the way I would like them to be listened to.”

Source : Sydney Morning Herald, October 10, 2005.
“Of course, peer pressure has a strong positive component. It provides the social cohesion that allows the very development of communal affiliation. But peer power as an extrinsic force is a lot like radiation: a little goes a long way.”
“A professor I had in college used to tell me that if someone wonâ€™t listen to what you have to say because youâ€™re not wearing a tie, then put on a tie, â€™cause what you have to say is more important than not wearing a tie. He was right.”

Source : Joe McNally (2008). “The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters”, p.99, Pearson Education

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