"The longest journey begins with a single step, not with a turn of the ignition key."

-- Edward Abbey

#Journey Quotes #Keys Quotes #Steps Quotes

“Are you at work?" I asked. Not precisely, but that's a good suggestion....”

Source : Kat Richardson (2009). “Greywalker”, p.57, Penguin
“I always considered myself a dancer before anything else.”
“We are mortgaging our future.”

Source : "MoveOn as an Instrument of the People". Interview with Terrence McNally, www.alternet.org. June 24, 2004.
“My own apathy is bone chilling.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2011). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.33, Counterpoint Press
“I wanted to be a plumber.”
“I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person.”

Source : "A Tale Of Two Cities: Author Donna Leon's Venice". "Morning Edition" with Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. July 13, 2012.
“When we approach history, we are dealing with a conglomeration of irrational continua. Those who deal with history by nonrational processes are the ones who make history, the actors in it.”

Source : Carroll Quigley (1979). “The evolution of civilizations: an introduction to historical analysis”, Liberty Fund Inc.
“The moment of grace comes to us in the dynamics of any situation we walk into. It is an opportunity that God sews into the fabric of a routine situation. It is a chance to do something creative, something helpful, something healing, something that makes one unmarked spot in the world better off for our having been there. We catch it if we are people of discernment.”

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