"Think of a rock polisher, one of those drums, goes round and round, rolls twenty-four/seven, full of water and rocks and gravel. Grinding it all up. Round and round. Polishing those ugly rocks into gemstones. Thatâ€™s the earth. Why it goes around. Weâ€™re the rocks. And what happens to usâ€”the drama and pain and joy and war and sickness and victory and abuseâ€”why, thatâ€™s just the water and sand to erode us. Grind us down. To polish us up, nice and bright."

-- Chuck Palahniuk

#Pain Quotes #War Quotes #Nice Quotes

“Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness”

Source : John McPhee (2003). “The Founding Fish”, p.330, Macmillan
“I support artistic freedom and always have.”
“The Iraqi people are some of the warmest people you'll meet in your life. They are extremely receptive to strangers. Their hospitality is immense.”

Source : "Ex-weapons inspector berates war plans". Interview with David Wallis, www.sfgate.com. September 14, 2002.
“Let me be clear - Microsoft has no beef with open source.”

Source : "A Tip of the Black Hat From MS" by Farhad Manjoo, www.wired.com. July 27, 2001.
“A lot of times we look at the whole world and think, 'it's so daunting, how can we change the whole world?' and you don't need to do that, what you need to do is change your world a little bit, and see if you can, through example, inspire others to do the same thing.”

Source : "TERRA 240 - Bioneers - Part 1". Interview with George Potter, lifeonterra.com. 2007.
“Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.”
“How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.”
“I meant it, Claire,' he said quietly. 'My life is yours. And it's yours to decide what we shall do, where we go next. To France, to Italy, even back to Scotland. My heart has been yours since first I saw ye, and you've held my soul and body between your two hands here, and kept them safe. We shall go as ye say.”

Source : Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series 8-Book Bundle: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.647, Dell

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