"Nothing can be meaner than the anxiety to live on, to live on anyhow and in any shape; a spirit with any honor is not willing to live except in its own way, and a spirit with any wisdom is not over-eager to live at all."

-- George Santayana

#Life Quotes #Anxiety Quotes #Honor Quotes

“I started playing piano; I picked up a ukulele, and I loved it and kept playing that. I play a bit of guitar, and some African drums from back in the day.”
“You can't bring tweezers on an airplane. If I'm on a plane and you try to hijack it with tweezers, I'll whip your ass, man. You think I'm going to be late because you've got tweezers and a bad attitude?”
“How do you know, Dan? You were so young when they died. Do you really remember them?" "Not in my mind," Dan replied, gazing at the passing scenery. "But everyplace else...”

Source : Peter Lerangis (2011). “The 39 Clues #7: The Viper's Nest”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.
“The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.”

Source : Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.31, Macmillan
“Be brave and be patient. Have faith in yourself; trust in the significance of your life and the purpose of your passion.”
“It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual life upon another; each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his object.”
“Gross things sound funny and set people up to listen to something a little uninviting.”
“Together we have come to realize that for most men the right to learn is curtailed by the obligation to attend school.”

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