"A hard truth: that courage can be without meaning or impact, need not be rewarded, or even known. The world has not been made in that way. Perhaps, however, within the self there might come a resonance, the awareness of having done something difficult, of having done . . . something."

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Source : Guy Gavriel Kay (2005). “The Last Light of the Sun”, p.335, Penguin

Guy Gavriel Kay

#Impact Quotes #Self Quotes #Way Quotes

“I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.”
“When I look out into your faces, you know what I see? I see a little bit of Elvis in each and every one of you out there.”

Source : Song: Elvis Is Everywhere
“To live is to have problems and to solve problems is to to grow intellectually.”
“Above all, I try to create an emotion to which others can respond.”

Source : "Music Legend Hal David Passes, But His Lyrics Still Resonate" by Brian Levin, J.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. September 2, 2012.
“For death and life, in ceaseless strife, Beat wild on this world's shore, And all our calm is in that balmâ€” Not lost but gone before.”

Source : "Not Lost but Gone Before" (ca. 1850). Burton E. Stevenson, Home Book of Quotations, and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations trace "Not lost, but gone before" and similar expressions to Seneca, St. Cyprian, and Matthew Henry.
“Poetry springs from something deeper; it's beyond intelligence.”
“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.”
“You make choices and sometimes they're good and sometimes they backfire. The most important thing is to be brave, forgive yourself when you do something stupid, and allow yourself to move on.”

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