"Independence didn't have to be exile."

-- Julia Alvarez

#Independence Quotes #Exile Quotes

“We are human beings, beings whose fundamental food is the experience of truth.”
“I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me.”
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.”

Source : Ruta Sepetys (2011). “Between Shades of Gray”, p.4, Penguin
“Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly rising o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm.”
“Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.”
“The essence of intelligence would seem to be in knowing when to think and act quickly, and knowing when to think and act slowly.”

Source : "It Will Be Hard To ‘Save Time’ In The New Year" by Richard C. Senelick, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 28, 2011.
“Football is something like war. Whoever behaves too properly, is lost.”
“Find out what the other team wants to do. Then take it away from them.”

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