"Progress is the sum of small victories won by individual human beings."

-- Bruce Catton

#Time Quotes #Victory Quotes #Progress Quotes

“The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.”
“Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes have to make.”

Source : Cressida Cowell (2017). “How To Train Your Dragon: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel”, p.130, Hachette UK
“The. World. Is. Not. A. Safe. Place.”

Source : Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.109, Penguin
“It's been so long since a talented writer last occupied the White House; no wonder, then, that American writers have been among the most prominent of all the demographic groups claiming a piece of Barack Obama for themselves.”
“When an idea comes, spend silent time with it. Remember Keats's idea of Negative Capability and Kipling's advice to "drift, wait and obey". Along with your gathering of hard data, allow yourself also to dream your idea into being.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.
“It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.”
“As crude a weapon as a cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life.”
“I feel like I have to go back to Paris every so often. It just grows on you - the look of the city, the way people hang out there. If you're in Europe, it's good for that.”

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