"Our mothers give us so many gifts. They give us the precious gift of life, of course, but they also leave treasured lessons that can guide us along our journeys even when they are no longer with us."

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Source : "Maria Shriver: The gift my mother gave me" by Maria Shriver, www.today.com. May 7, 2013.

Maria Shriver

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“Ultimately photography is about who you are. It's the truth in relation to yourself. And seeking truth becomes a habit.”
“A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which they and their possessor deserve. If they have been acquired by fraud or violence, if they make him proud and vain, if they minister to luxury and intemperance, if they are avariciously hoarded up and applied to no proper use, the possessor becomes odious and contemptible.”

Source : John Jortin (1787). “Sermons on Different Subjects: By the Late Reverend John Jortin, ...”, p.75
“She thought of the library, so shining white and new; the rows and rows of unread books; the bliss of unhurried sojourns there and of going out to a restaurant, alone, to eat.”

Source : "Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown". Book by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1943.
“Happiness is not on my list of priorities. I just deal with day-to-day things. If I'm happy, I'm happy - and if I'm not, I don't know the difference. Knowing that you are the person you were put on this earth to be - that's much more important than just being happy.”
“The human heart is a strange vessel. Love and hatred can exist side by side.”

Source : Scott Westerfeld (2006). “Peeps”, p.23, Penguin
“I think it's a good idea to tie Peter Mandelson to a van. Such an act would be cruel and barbaric and inhuman. But it would at least cheer everyone up a bit.”
“It was one of those fine little love stories that can make you smile in your sleep at night.”
“You mean one human is good, but a hundred humans is bad?" "Exactly. One human is just a person. A hundred humans make a society. And societies have kings, and religions and priests, and all these other things serrin completely fail to understand”

Source : Joel Shepherd (2011). “Petrodor”, p.117, ReadHowYouWant.com

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