"But a part of me lies buried in lace and roses on a riverbank in France-a part of me is broken off forever. A part of me will be unflyable, stuck in the climb."

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Source : Elizabeth Wein (2012). “Code Name Verity”, p.295, Egmont UK

Elizabeth Wein

#Lying Quotes #Broken Quotes #Rose Quotes

“Maybe instead of buying myself another Barbie, I could donate that to the Kmart Wishing Tree...”
“If you were not a sinful, polluted, helpless, and miserable creature, this Savior would not be suited to you, and you would not be comprehended in his gracious invitations to the children of men.”

Source : Archibald Alexander (1857). “Practical Truths”
“Nobody ever was fired for 9/11. Instead of firing the people who didn't do a good job, we gave them medals. The guy who did a good job, I don't know what happened to him. And what we did was we decided we'd just collect everybody's information. That we'd sort of scrap the Bill of Rights.”
“We have so much, yet many Americans feel dissatisfied. Somehow the full table, symbol of abundance to the pilgrims, is not enough. We yearn for something far beyond the material satisfaction. Find your place in history this Thanksgiving by stretching beyond your table. Celebrate your survival by offering peace and sharing with your neighbors. Make the shift from in illogical feeling of lack to the recognition of abundance. Invite the Spirit to your feast, and prepare to feed the world.”
“The object of every free government is the public good, and all lesser interests yield to it. That of every tyrannical government, is the happiness and aggrandizement of one, or a few, and to this the public felicity, and every other interest must submit.”
“Most people's personalities and roles are locked by the time they're nine or 10. I think there's something to that.”

Source : "Don Hertzfeldt’s Animated Short “It’s Such A Beautiful Day” Screens At IFC". Interview with Kathleen Massara, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 26, 2012.
“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.”
“The first and great commandment is: Don't let them scare you.”

Source : 'But We Were Born Free' (1954) ch. 1

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