"I swung from one place to the next, sometimes backward, sometimes forward, capitalizing on my own momentum, knowing that at some point my armsâ€”or, more accurately, my quivering bank balance, accessed through foreign ATMsâ€”would give out, and Iâ€™d fall to the ground."

-- Amanda Lindhout

#Fall Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Giving Quotes

“And at last father flung the rug off as if it were hampering him and strode over to the table saying, 'cocoa, cocoa!'-- it might have been the most magnificent drink in the world; which, personally, I think it is.”
“When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.”
“We are now so far advanced in our denial of evil that we want to rationalise it away.”
“UFOs: The reliable cases are uninteresting and in the interesting cases are unreliable.”
“Don't give up. Don't lose hope. Don't sell out.”
“The joy in catching butterflies is the joy of capturing - for an instant - utter beauty. The satisfaction of being able to let it go is immense.”
“If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.”
“I'm on a strict running program. I started yesterday. I've only missed one day so far.”

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