"One mind can think only of its own questions; it rarely surprises itself."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Thinking Quotes #Mind Quotes #Surprise Quotes

“I'd read things, like people criticizing me. But no one likes to read stuff about that, and probably the main thing that was getting to me was me mum's illness.”
“The best things carried to excess are wrong.”
“The work element comes into it as well - how much you train and how much work you put into your craft, in the same way a carpenter would perhaps work under a great teacher, etc.”
“I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family.”

Source : Rosika Schwimmer “Rosika Schwimmer, Appelant Vs. United States of America, Appellee”
“...children born today-in both the industrialized world and developing countries-will live longer and be healthier, they will get more food, a better education, a higher standard of living, more leisure time and far more possibilities-without the global environment being destroyed.”
“In order to choose the right path, we do not have to figure out the wrong one... we just need to follow the light.”
“Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.”
“Had I truly thought I would not die when he kissed me? But I did. For a moment the breath and life went out of me and there was no time and no tomorrow but only my lips against his.”

Source : Martine Leavitt (2016). “Keturah and Lord Death”, p.71, Highlights Press

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