"Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly."

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Source : "Dreams" l. 1 (1929)

Langston Hughes

#Love Quotes #Inspirational Quotes #Broken Heart Quotes

“I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author.”
“I think after the 2008 Olympics I wasn't really satisfied with the outcome, so I knew I had to change some things.”
“It is essential that our present negative propaganda regarding psychedelic drugs be replaced with honesty and truthfulness about their effects, both good and bad.”

Source : Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin (1995). “Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story”
“The ties that bind us to life are tougher than you imagine, or than any one can who has not felt how roughly they may be pulled without breaking.”

Source : Anne Bronte (2012). “Agnes Grey”, p.85, Courier Corporation
“Wherever we see the Word of God purely preached and heard, there a church of God exists, even if it swarms with many faults.”
“Up there with my awards, I have a great big statue of Groucho Marx, just to put everything in perspective.”
“The most central and irrational faith among people is the faith in technology and economical growth. Its priests believe until their death that material prosperity bring enjoyment and happiness - even though all the proofs in history have shown that only lack and attempt cause a life worth living, that the material prosperity doesn't bring anything else than despair. These priests believe in technology still when they choke in their gas masks.”

Source : "Rating humanity" by Brendan O'Neill, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2007.
“Poor England! thou art a devoted deer, Beset with every ill but that of fear. The nations hunt; all mock thee for a prey; They swarm around thee, and thou stand'st at bay.”

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