"For those who are willing to make an effort, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store."

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

#Positivity Quotes #Miracle Quotes #Effort Quotes

“She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface theyâ€™re thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because theyâ€™d just accuse you of being paranoid.”
“The object we call a book is not the real book, but its seed or potential, like a music score. It exists fully only in the act of being read; and its real home is inside the head of the reader, where the seed germinates and the symphony resounds. A book is a heart that only beats in the chest of another.”

Source : "The Faraway Nearby". Book by Rebecca Solnit, June 2013.
“Within each individual young person you meet, you have the same fields to plough. The trick is just to wake them up, to sharpen their ears for what's already there in the music.”
“A slave is he who cannot speak his thoughts.”
“When I talk about the importance of the institution of marriage, I think of the commitment and the significance of standing in front of those closest to you and promising fidelity to your partner 'til death do you part.'”

Source : "Same-sex marriage debate a model". www.politico.com. October 16, 2012.
“Collectors are happy people.”
“Ugh! How many stories about love, copulation, marriage and death already exist, not one of which tells the truth! How sick I am of well-constructed plots and brilliant writing!”

Source : Sadegh Hedayat (2010). “The Blind Owl”, p.33, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“There are millions of people in the world, and the spirits will see that most of them you never have to meet. But there are one or two you are tied to, and the spirits will cross you back and forth, threading so many knots until they catch and you finally get it right.”

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