"We need time to dream, time to remember, and time to reach the infinite. Time to be."

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Gladys Taber

#Dream Quotes #Time Quotes #Being Alone Quotes

“Life is, to some extent, an extended dialogue with your future self about how exactly you are going to let yourself down over the coming years.”

Source : Charles Yu (2010). “How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel”, p.111, Vintage
“In times of unrest and in an unstable economy, it is very easy to let your attitude slip and begin feeling sorry for yourself. This is precisely when you want to practice healthy attitudinal rules to stay alert, alive and enthusiastic. Don't ever lose the zest for life and life won't lose its zest for you. Say something positive to every person you meet today.”
“You have an idea of the way you think it is, and it's not that way at all, it's something else.”
“When you have a powerful, long-term vision for something, even against all odds and adversity, you will continue to make progress and people will want to get on board. Why? Because everybody wants to be a part of something great.”
“Liadan," he said, staring intently at the ground. "Yes," I whispered. "Don't wed that man Eamonn. Tell him, if he takes you, he's a dead." --Bran”
“When we are shown scenes of starving children in Africa, with a call for us to do something to help them, the underlying ideological message is something like: "Don't think, don't politicize, forget about the true causes of their poverty, just act, contribute money, so that you will not have to think!”

Source : Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Zizek (2011). “Living in the End Times”, p.4, Verso
“Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.”
“Detecting and culling infected birds is still the key, and for that we have to compensate the owners of chicken whose flocks are killed. And we have to limit interaction between humans and birds, which is a huge challenge within an environment where people are used to living very close to their chickens.”

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