"...he enclosed pieces of string that he used to measure out his body--his head, thigh, forearm, finger, neck, everything. He wanted me to sleep with them under my pillow. He said that when he came back, we would remeasure his body against the string as proof that he hadn't changed."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Sleep Quotes #Necks Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.”
“If you're surrounded by good people and you're really honest with yourself, you'll be delivered.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The will to disbelieve is the strongest deterrent to wider horizons.”
“I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.”
“People have different reasons for the way they live their lives. You cannot put everyone's reasons in the same box”
“The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.”

Source : John Marshall (1974). “The Papers of John Marshall: Correspondence, papers, and selected judicial opinions, March 1814-December 1819”, The University of North Carolina Press
“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.”

Source : Commencement address, 1946.
“Pain? He could handle that, no problem; it was the idea that the female he loved was suffering that made him want to either punch something or vomit in the corner.”

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