"I thought that if the right time gets missed, if one has refused or been refused something for too long, it's too late, even if it is finally tackled with energy and received with joy. Or is there no such thing as "too late"? Is there only "late," and is "late" always better than "never"? I don't know."

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Source : FaceBook post by Bernhard Schlink from Jun 30, 2010

Bernhard Schlink

#Long Quotes #Joy Quotes #Energy Quotes

“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.”
“Writing, painting, singing -- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives.”

Source : Ally Condie (2012). “Reached”, p.275, Penguin
“I deserve to be happy and I think a lot of people stay in relationships for wrong reasons and instead of just looking at each other and just saying, 'you know, it's like sands of the hourglass, we learned our lessons, we can end in war or we can end in peace.'”
“A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.”
“I love my work, and I think that I was so lucky to pick a profession where it's a joy to go to work every day.”
“Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.”

Source : John Hay (1916). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Hay: Including Many Poems Now First Collected”
“Justice doesn't only mean that the people who commit crime are punished. It also means that we can never give up seeking the truth.”

Source : Henning Mankell (2010). “Faceless Killers: Kurt Wallander”, p.290, Random House
“The thing I love about acting is that you can bring something very personal into the open and at the same time remain hidden because you're always playing a character in a story that someone else has imagined. You're always protected.”

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