"I will be a commodity, and I will be in demand and valuable."

-- Marie Calloway

#Demand Quotes #Commodity Quotes #Valuable Quotes

“Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.72, Arcade Publishing
“The U.S. military is so far behind the rest of our society.”
“No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.”

Source : Zbigniew Herbert (2014). “The Collected Poems 1956 - 1998”, p.19, Atlantic Books Ltd
“Men had no purpose on earth whereas women were gods walking unrecognized among them.”
“I think what people really want is fiction that in some tiny way makes their life more meaningful and makes the world seem like a richer place. The world is awfully short on joy and richness, and I think to some extent itâ€™s the fiction writerâ€™s job to salvage some of that and to give it to us in ways that we can believe in.”

Source : "Wells Tower, Fiction Writer, Is Looking for Joy". Interview with Leon Neyfakh, observer.com. March 23, 2009.
“Nostalgia is a dangerous emotion, both because it is powerless to act in the real world, and because it glides so easily into hatred and resentment against those who have taken our Eden from us.”
“You live a third of your life when you dream. So you may as well live in your dreams Â– the way you want to be living. The way you want to be.”
“No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention.”

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