"No one likes a straight road but the man who pays for it, or who, when he travels, is brute enough to wish to get to his journey's end."

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Source : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2015). “The Haunted Baronet”, p.14, 谷月社

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

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“I like listening to old soul music. I like Sam Cooke. When I was growing up, the first things I was listening to was Whitney Houston and Cher. They were really big inspirations for me.”

Source : "Rebecca Ferguson Finds Heaven Everywhere". Interview with Ilana Kaplan, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 29, 2012.
“It's really not that hard to put food on the table if that's what you decide to do.”

Source : Jeannette Walls (2009). “The Glass Castle: A Memoir”, p.288, Simon and Schuster
“I made a tentative conclusion. It seemed from all of this that uppermost among human joys is the negative one of restoration: not going to the stars, but learning that one may stay where one is.”
“Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.”
“My version of Superman is essentially of a guy who has spent his whole life alone.”
“The greatest gift that one human being can give another is unconditional love. It's the only thing, ultimately, that really matters.”
“I have the blessing of bringing the message of hope and inspiration about my life, how God has changed my life from a life without limbs to a life without limits.”
“My opening line to my students, and a recurring theme in my classes, was that the big design problem isn't designing a house for your parents or yourself, a museum, or a toaster, or a book, or whatever. Â The big design problem is designing your life.Â It's by the design of your life that you create the backboard off which you bounce all your thoughts and ideas and creativity. Â You have to decide what it is that you want to do each day.”

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