"We read our mail and counted up our missions In bombers named for girls, we burned The cities we had learned about in school Till our lives wore out; our bodies lay among The people we had killed and never seen. When we lasted long enough they gave us medals; When we died they said, "Our casualties were low." They said, "Here are the maps"; we burned the cities."

-- Randall Jarrell

#Girl Quotes #School Quotes #Cities Quotes

“The more you trust Jesus and keep your eyes focused on Him, the more life you'll have. Trusting God brings life. Believing brings rest. So stop trying to figure everything out, and let God be God in your life.”
“Success is a dangerous element in any endeavor. Embrace the struggle. Beware the achievement. For it steals your caution even as it leads you down the next unknown pathway.”

Source : Laurence Gonzales (2009). “Everyday Survival: Why Smart People Do Stupid Things”, p.101, W. W. Norton & Company
“The words 'California's Gold' will no longer mean anything about me or about a television series. They will mean what California's Gold has always truly meant: not the literal gold nuggets that they pulled out of the earth, not the riches people got when they came here, but the dreams that brought people here and are still bringing people here.”
“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.”
“What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way.”

Source : "Agent Provocateur: Harry Matthews with Johannah Rogers". Interview with Johannah Rodgers, brooklynrail.org. June 1, 2005.
“No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.”

Source : "Afghanistan's Karzai criticises U.S., Pakistan in farewell speech". www.reuters.com. September 23, 2014.
“The American mind simply has not come to a realization of the evil which has been introduced into our midst.”

Source : The Elks Magazine, August 1956.
“In a world full of competing emergencies and disasters, it really helps if there is an international locomotive that can help us bring attention - help us bring resources.”

Source : IRIN Interview, www.irinnews.org. December 9, 2004.

You may also like: