"Do you see the irony at all, Tristan?â€™ I stare at him and shake my head. He seems determined not to speak again until I do. â€˜What irony?â€™ I ask eventually, the words tumbling out in a hurried heap. â€˜That I am to be shot as a coward while you get to live as one."

-- John Boyne

#Coward Quotes #Tumbling Quotes #Determined Quotes

“"What kind of world do we live in? Why are we applauding this guy's abs?" I mean, no offense to Michael Phelps. We like him. But he's not smart. He hasn't invented anything or saved people's lives. He's a guy with abs, and we celebrate these abs.”

Source : "The Pressure Cooker as Transcendence". Interview with David L. Ulin, believermagblog.wordpress.com. January 15, 2014.
“Teach the writer, not the writing.”
“Crying is one of the highest devotional songs. One who knows crying, knows spiritual practice. If you can cry with a pure heart, nothing else compares to such a prayer. Crying includes all the principles of Yoga.”

Source : "The Little Red Book of Yoga Wisdom". Book edited by Kelsie Besaw, 2014.
“I'm a patriot in the truest sense of the word.”
“I wondered if emotions were like menstrual cycles, if you get enough women together. Give it time, and everyone was crying.”
“You don't really get to pick and chose what you would like to be doing. But I've been very fortunate, and I think water seeks its own level. You do gravitate towards things that you would get off on.”
“Happy Birthday, Mr Presidenttttt”
“I am really unable to talk about my life - I don't know my life. I've travelled a lot and this is the life that I have lived, but that doesn't mean that I know myself.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com

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