"Perhaps all of life is no more than a long preparation for the leaving of it."

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Source : John Banville (2008). “The Sea”, p.98, Pan Macmillan

John Banville

#Long Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“People have to pay so much money to the banks that they don't have enough money to buy the goods and services they produce. So there's not much new investment, there's not new employment (except minimum-wage "service" jobs), markets are shrinking, and people are defaulting. So many companies can't pay their banks.”

Source : Source: www.counterpunch.org
“I always felt like I was on the move, that I was going towards something.”
“A good conversation always involves a certain amount of complaining. I like to bond over mutual hatreds and petty grievances.”

Source : Lisa Kleypas (2012). “Christmas with Holly”, p.102, Macmillan
“I don't even feel as if I'm the center of my own world, so how am I supposed to feel as though I'm the center of anyone else's?”

Source : Nick Hornby (1996). “High Fidelity”, p.299, Penguin
“Man is not the enemy of man, but through the medium of a false system of Government. Instead, therefore, of exclaiming against the ambition of kings, the exclamation should be directed against the principle of such governments; and instead of seeking to reform the individual, the wisdom of a nation should apply itself to reform the system.”
“Beauty is only a look. It has nothing to do with what I'm like inside.”
“Belgium is a country with a split personality.”
“A boat is always safe in the harbor, but that's not what boats are built for.”

Source : Katie Couric (2011). “The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives”, p.288, Random House

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