"There's much that goes to the makin' of a man or woman into somethin' better than a brute beast, but there's three things in chief, an' they're the places where life sets us down, an' the folks life knocks us up against, an' -- not the things ye get, but the things ye don't get."

-- Elizabeth Goudge

#Men Quotes #Three Quotes #Beast Quotes

“What a feat of transmission: the emotive powers of the book, with no local habitation, pass safely from writer to reader, unmangled by printing and binding and shipping, renewed and available whenever we open it.”

Source : Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2001). “Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books”, p.117, Beacon Press
“I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.”
“America is always attracting people, from all over the earth.”
“You can never plan the future by the past.”
“Dreams: the place most of us get what we need.”

Source : Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.355, Simon and Schuster
“Dodge City is one town where the average bad man of the West not only finds his equal, but finds himself badly handicapped.”

Source : Andy Adams (2013). “Complete Western Collection”, p.99, Lulu Press, Inc
“Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God's new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet.”
“To be reminded that one is very much like other members of the animal kingdom is often funny...though...I do not too much mind being somewhat like a cat.”

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