"And on that evening when we grow older still we'll speak about these two young men as though they were two strangers we met on the train and whom we admire and want to help along. And we'll want to call it envy, because to call it regret would break our hearts."

-- AndrÃ© Aciman

#Regret Quotes #Heart Quotes #Men Quotes

“Education turns an empty mind into an open mind. It turns information into behavioural transformation”

Source : FaceBook post by Shiv Khera from Jun 11, 2016
“I am not an attractive man. These clothes are the only thing holding me together; when I'm nude, my body shoots off in all directions. I'm like a starfish.”

Source : "Five Minutes With Jeremy Hotz". Interview with Rick Chandler, deadspin.com. May 2, 2007.
“As a child, I disliked books in which children learned to be 'better' children.”
“Understanding the times means understanding the course of history and civilization, as well as understanding the present situation. If we understand how God guides the development of human history, we can begin to understand the therapies needed to correct the problems of our times.”
“[After her 18-day disappearance in 1974:] I love my husband very, very much, but he didn't ask me when he ran for mayor and he didn't consult me about running for governor. It would be nice to be asked. ... You know, I've been my mother's daughter, my father's daughter, the wife of my husband, the mother of my six children, and grandmother to my eleven grandchildren, but I have never been me. But I am now because I went away. I am a changed woman.”
“Maybe sometimes we don't do the right thing because the wrong thing looks more dangerous, and we don't want to look scared, so we go and do the wrong thing just because it's dangerous. We're more concerned with not looking scared than with judging right.”
“I love to personalize things. I love to make things my own. I like to name everything - from cars to iPhones to the socks I just lost.”
“Success is a fruit of slow growth.”

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