"We love the night and it's quiet."

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Source : Fitz James O'Brien (1889). “What was It?: And Other Stories”

Fitz James O'Brien

#Night Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“I don't know of any neuropsychiatric disorder other than an infection that has been cured. But the goal is to improve the quality of life of people who experience autistic symptomology and I just think we will make progress on that.”

Source : "Big Think Panel Discussion on Autism". Interview with Susan Wilczynski, bigthink.com.
“How do you tell if something's alive? You check for breathing.”
“Main Street, U.S.A. is America at the turn of the century--the crossroads of an era. The gas lamps and the electric lamp--the horse-drawn car and auto car. Main Street is everyone's hometown- the heart line of America.”
“How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?”
“You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.”
“1. Stress improvement, not perfection (or winning). 2. Don't take yourself too seriously; laugh at yourself and have fun. 3. Set attainable goals; reach them and then set higher ones. 4. Be positive, walk tall, smile often, don't complain or procrastinate. 5. Prepare purposely, but don't overtrain. 6. Remember- Sports is a game and meant to be enjoyable.”
“The worst of it is over now, and I can't say that I am glad. Lose that sense of lossâ€”you have gone and lost something else. But the body moves toward health. The mind, too, in steps. One step at a time. Ask a mother who has just lost a child, How many children do you have? "Four," she will say, "â€”three," and years later, "Three," she will say, "â€”four.”

Source : Amy Hempel, Rick Moody (2007). “The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel”, p.52, Simon and Schuster
“I'd rather be happy than right.”

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