"Patricia embraces me on the station platform. 'The past is what you leave behind in life, Ruby,' she says with the smile of a reincarnated lama. 'Nonsense, Patricia,' I tell her as I climb on board my train. 'The past's what you take with you."

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Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Behind the Scenes at the Museum: A Novel”, p.331, Macmillan

Kate Atkinson

#Past Quotes #Boards Quotes #Rubies Quotes

“Men take care of your responsibilities with maturity.”
“Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.”
“Bang bang bang. I understand now why so many horror movies use that device-the mysterious knock on the door-because it has the weight of a nightmare. You don't know what's out there, yet you know you'll open it. You'll think what I think: No one bad ever knocks.”
“One of the things that I encourage for anybody who is interested in their own charity or philanthropy is to start from where you are and what has mattered to you.”
“Three days of uninterrupted company in a vehicle will make you better acquainted with another, than one hour's conversation with him every day for three years.”
“Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible.”

Source : Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company
“There is a real attempt to sanitize the CIA killings and to glorify the CIA and to give it a new face. That's what happened with Zero Dark Thirty, that's what happened with Michelle Obama... When she appeared my jaw dropped; I couldn't believe it... These were really a disgusting propaganda films, glorifying the role of the CIA.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“The brain's strong point is its flexibility. It is unsurpassed at making shrewd guesses and at grasping the total meaning of information presented to it.”

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