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“The restlessness and the longing, like the longing that is in the whistle of a faraway train. Except that the longing isn't really in the whistle—it is in you.”
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“Every night she had fallen asleep dreaming about that kiss, and each kiss after.”
Source : Elizabeth Chandler (2012). “Kissed by an Angel: Kissed by an Angel; The Power of Love; Soulmates”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
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“If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble thee; if thou be wise, view the peacock's feathers with his feet, and weigh thy best parts with thy imperfections.”
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“Sometimes all you can do is say, 'Wow.'”
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“I think in its own small way, it did push people to be more accepting of different kinds of music. It definitely made music more egalitarian in terms of, it took away the shame of the goofy bands that you liked.”
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“At times, the biggest challenge in embracing simplicity will be the vague feeling of isolation that comes with it, since private sacrifice doesn't garner much attention in the frenetic world of mass culture.”
Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.15, Ballantine Books
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“I think one of the dullest things in the world is a letter filled with apologies for not writing sooner.”
Source : Dorothy Wordsworth, Alan G. Hill (1981). “Letters of Dorothy Wordsworth: A Selection”, Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; Toronto : Oxford University Press
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“In his clearest moments he thinks he has lost the ability to love, people or places or things, most of all the person and place and thing that he is. Without love nothing has value, nothing can be made to matter very much.”
Source : Damon Galgut (2010). “In a Strange Room”, p.37, Atlantic Books Ltd
