"Ancestors do not mean so much. The rebel who succeeds generally makes it easier for the posterity that follows him; so these descendants are usually contented and smug and soft. Rebels are made from life, not ancestors."

-- Clarence Darrow

#Mean Quotes #Rebel Quotes #Succeed Quotes

“You are human, whether your ancestors come from Europe, Asia, Africa, or wherever, shamanism once existed there. We are just attempting to go home to our spiritual roots before the state religions, the agrarian centralized religions rose up with autocratic government and said, 'This is what you're going to believe, these are the official revelations, take it from us, you can trust us, we got it.'”
“The mountains are in labour, the birth will be an absurd little mouse.”
“I like being broken. It means I can have chocolate for breakfast.”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 6, 2014
“I feel like a lot has changed - ebooks are a much more valid format and bigger presses are taking less chances. As a bookseller, there are less real bookstores and more people buying on-line. As a writer, I think there are fewer paths to break through on a big press, but on the other hand there are more small presses doing awesome work now. Overall, artistically, I think it's a pretty exciting time in the literary world.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us unawares.”

Source : Gerald Massey (1857). “The Poetical Works of Gerald Massey: Complete in One Volume”, p.15
“Your friendship is better than chocolate! Well, anyway, it's right up there.”
“I love to work, although sometimes I can spend whole days doing nothing more than picking the lint off the carpet and talking to my mother on the phone.”
“He that easily believes rumors has the principle within him to augment rumors. It is strange to see the ravenous appetite with which some devourers of character and happiness fix upon the sides of the innocent and unfortunate.”

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