"One open, one closed. It was no wonder that the first image that came to mind when I thought of either of my sisters was a door. With Kirsten, it was the front one to our house, through which she was always coming in or out, usually in mid-sentence, a gaggle of friends trailing behind her. Whitneyâ€™s was the one to her bedroom, which she preferred to keep shut between her and the rest of us, always."

-- Sarah Dessen

#Doors Quotes #House Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Foyles War made me realise that Churchill actually had questionable morals; his decisions meant that good people died. It must have weighed heavily on his soul, but he never let his personal demons get in the way of what was best for our country.”
“You can do anything if you accept the challenge, rise to the occasion, try harder, and drive it home!”
“In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.”

Source : Terence (1964). “Terence: The lady of Andros ; The self-tormentor ; The eunuch”
“Experience is the universal mother of sciences.”
“what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.”
“Winding her arms close around his neck, she closed her eyes. To be embraced, safe in a man's arms when she had never expected it to happen again, this would be enough.Time sheltered their embrace, enfolding them within a summer scented capsule that felt endless and theirs alone. The fragrance of grass and sunlight and nearby water sweetened each breath. Theirs was the music of birds ans the lazy buzz of insects and the beating of two hearts. Yes, she thought, she didn't need more. This would be enough.”
“Repressive regimes do not endure change willingly - and Venezuela is no exception.”

Source : "Venezuela’s Elections: A Building Block to Something Bigger" by Leopoldo Lopez, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2010.
“The organization controlling the material equipment of our everyday life is such that what in itself would enable us to construct it richly plunges us instead into a poverty of abundance, making alienation all the more intolerable as each convenience promises liberation and turns out to be only one more burden. We are condemned to slavery to the means of liberation.”

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