"He had been alone in the world and empty for so long. But she filled him full, and so he believed everything that had been taken out of him might have been for a purpose. To clear space for something better."

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Source : Charles Frazier (1997). “Cold Mountain”, p.347, Atlantic Monthly Press

Charles Frazier

#Taken Quotes #Space Quotes #Long Quotes

“I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.”
“He is the greatest influence in the world today. There is... a fifth Gospel being written - the work of Jesus Christ in the hearts and lives of men and nations.”
“You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It's far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character's skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into.”
“Let's do more than say the 'Pledge of Allegiance.' Let us live it!”

Source : Emanuel Cleaver DNC speech, www.politico.com. September 05, 2012.
“Anything is possible when tackling a blank sheet with ink. It's less distracting because I'm away from my computer and all of its convenient diversions.”
“We can teach ourselves to see things the way they ARE. Only with vision can we begin to see things the way they CAN BE.”

Source : Max De Pree (1997). “Leading Without Power: Finding Hope in Serving Community”, Jossey-Bass
“Trinity!! Higher than any being, any divinity, any goodness! Guide of Christians in the wisdom of heaven! Lead us up beyond unknowing and light, up to the farthest, highest peak of mystic scripture, where the mysteries of God's Word lie simple, absolute and unchangeable in the brilliant darkness of a hidden silence. Amid the deepest shadow they pour overwhelming light on what is most manifest. Amid the wholly unsensed and unseen they completely fill our sightless minds with treasures beyond all beauty.”
“An ounce of behavior is worth a pound of words.”

Source : Sanford Meisner, Dennis Longwell (2012). “Sanford Meisner on Acting”, p.4, Vintage

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