"Everything was quiet, a strange sort of quiet that felt like an unfinished sentence."

-- Sarah Addison Allen

#Strange Quotes #Quiet Quotes #Unfinished Quotes

“I've always felt that if you back down from a fear, the ghost of that fear never goes away. It diminishes people.”
“This is an historic day for American public education and for our nation as we begin the journey to level the academic playing field for every student. State Boards of Education are ready to play an active role in this process and some have already started the progression of adoption. We are eager to move this agenda forward.”
“Being shorter or taller depends on details of the diet. Vegetarians can obtain a balanced diet, with sufficient complete protein, vitamins, minerals and micro-nutrients. It's trickier for vegans but it can be done.”
“In a structure as complex as the human brain a multitude of things can go wrong. The wonder is that for most people the brain functions effectively and unceasingly for more than 60 years.”
“I'd like Muslims to look at their religion as a set of beliefs that they can appraise critically and pick and choose from.”
“I have a lot of influences. I'm American-schooled. I'm classically trained. I'm a pretty universal student, if you will. I have a lot of degrees, which really don't pay the rent. I have two doctorate degrees, I have a bachelor's degree, but I'm still a cook.”
“Travel light and trust in serendipity.”
“One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. Weâ€™ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.”

Source : "Fractal Mode". Book by Piers Anthony, January, 1992.

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