"Resist the temptation to think what afflicts you is peculiar to you. Have faith that what is in your consciousness can be communicated to the consciousness of all. And is, in many cases, already there."

-- Alice Walker

#Thinking Quotes #Temptation Quotes #Peculiar Quotes

“If you keep a clear vision for your future, it will pull you like a magnet through your toughest times.”
“For one thing, she pronounced flowers 'flars' and I couldn't let it slide.”
“It's hard being left behind. (...) It's hard to be the one who stays.”

Source : Audrey Niffenegger (2014). “The Time Traveler's Wife”, p.15, Simon and Schuster
“I always thought of Annenberg as my sort of guy.”
“My life contains so many other things; I have my children, my grandchildren, my two dogs and a big place in the country. I have my own life.”

Source : "Abba's Agnetha Fältskog returns - and unravels the mystery of her silence" by John Lucas, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2013.
“I send out thoughts of love and peace and healing to the whole universe: to all trees and plants and growing things, to all beasts and birds and fishes, and to every man, woman and child on earth, without any distinction.”
“We don't stop loving people just because we hate them, but we don't stop hating them either.”
“California's death penalty is ... an incredibly costly penalty, and the money would be better spent keeping kids in school, keeping teachers and counselors in their schools and giving the juvenile justice system the resources it needs.”

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