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“His intelligence only exacerbated the guilt Kugel felt for bringing him into the world. It was one thing to have condemned a child to life, that was criminal enough, but life was a sentence more easily served by fools.”
Source : Shalom Auslander (2012). “Hope: A Tragedy: A Novel”, p.201, Penguin
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“In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.”
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“The winter passes and the warm winds of May made me long to wander again. The whistling of a locomotive on a still night had a lure, unexplainable, yet strong, like the light which leads a moth to destruction.”
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“Conservation is a positive exercise of skill and insight, not merely a negative exercise of abstinence and caution.”
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“God’s plan for you, whether you’re married, single, or about to be married, unless He gives you the gift of singleness, is to be in a warm, loving marriage relationship, characterized by open communication, a lot of hard work, deep commitment, setting boundaries, and doing it God’s way.”
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“What you learn is often determined by what you need to know. If you think you're weak, you will learn that you are strong. If you think you are indestructible, you will learn that you are fragile. In the end though, you will learn that you are human. You are no more and no less than all those who are learning their lessons as you learn yours.”
Source : John Bingham, Jenny Hadfield (2007). “Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life through Running”, p.27, Rodale
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“I enjoy humour more than anything, I don't really sit around banging my head and crying all the time.”
Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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“We have tried you citizens; we are trying you now, and you have a couple of dollars for the sorrowing mothers, brothers and sisters by way of a charity gift.”
Source : “'I Can’t Talk Fellowship': Lessons From the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in the Wake of the BP Oil Disaster" by Cherri Foytlin, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 7, 2013.