"Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back."

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Ken Follett

#Hands Quotes #Water Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Treat employees like partners, and they act like partners.”
“I liked Dallas better because it was more deceptive, you could do more with it.”
“The easy road in Olympia is a yes vote. That's the easy road in Olympia. The easy road in Olympia is not carrying the banner for freedom and liberty. The easy road in Olympia is worrying about getting reelected. The easy road in Olympia is going along to get along.”
“I've won at every level.”
“The disciplined Christian will be very careful what sort of counsel he seeks from others. Counsel that contradicts the written Word is ungodly counsel. Blessed is the man that walketh not in that.”
“Fame was like a drug. But what was even more like a drug were the drugs.”
“In order to inhabit a villain, you mustn't care what the audience think of you. That's not why you are there. You mustn't care for a second whether the audience likes you or dislikes you. Your villain has to be way beyond that.”
“To know the laws that govern the winds, and to know that you know them, will give you an easy mind on your voyage round the world; otherwise you may tremble at the appearance of every cloud.”

Source : Joshua Slocum, Applewood Books (CRT) (2006). “Sailing Alone Around the World”, p.146, Applewood Books

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