"Hardy, I do believe they have done it at last... my backbone is shot through."

-- Horatio Nelson

#War Quotes #Believe Quotes #Done Quotes

“Once various forms were signed, I was separated from my free will, led down the corridors into a room which was now to be the boundary of my existence, told to surrender my clothes, handed that comic invention, the hospital gown, and sent to bed in broad daylight like a child being stripped of her privileges.”
“He knew everything about literature except how to enjoy it.”
“Life turns on a dime. have no idea what tomorrow will bring... sure life would be a lot easier if we knew what was going to happen. You've got to live by faith one day at a time.”

Source : Sophie Kinsella (2009). “The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic: (Shopaholic Book 1)”, p.55, Random House
“We can change the expression of more than 70 percent of the genes that have a direct bearing on our health and longevity.”

Source : David Perlmutter (2014). “Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar - Your Brain's Silent Killers”, p.109, Hachette UK
“The British have turned their sense of humour into a national virtue. It is odd, because through much of history, humour has been considered cheap, and laughter something for the lower orders. But British aristocrats didn't care a damn about what people thought of them, so they made humour acceptable.”
“Art is either a complaint or appeasement.”

Source : David Shapiro, Jasper Johns (1984). “Jasper Johns Drawings, 1954-1984”, Harry N Abrams Incorporated
“When gods die, they die hard. It's not like they fade away, or grow old, or fall asleep. They die in fire and pain, and when they come out of you, they leave your guts burned. It hurts more than anything you can talk about. And maybe worst of all is, you're not sure if there will ever be another god to fill their place. Or if you'd ever want another god to fill their place. You don't want the fire to go out inside you twice.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2009). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.93, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Music is like creating an emotional painting. The sounds are the colors.”

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