"No, it is not only our fate but our business to lose innocence, and once we have lost that, it is futile to attempt a picnic in Eden."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Fate Quotes #Eden Quotes #Picnics Quotes

“And Nedley started saying,'Shut Up!Quit that! And i knew it really meant something to him. So I asked for his help,"Mark said. "Don't tell the story like that," Nedley laughed. "What he said was 'Quit pretendin you're a bad guy I need your help, and I need it now!”

Source : Margaret Peterson Haddix (2010). “Among the Brave”, p.169, Simon and Schuster
“Cigarettes don't kill people - cancer kills people.”
“Our ego seeks to understand everything. It wants all the answers. Part of what destroys the ego and connects us with the light is doing things that absolutely don't make any sense. If we want something beyond logic, like a miracle, we have to do something that is beyond logic.”
“And I rejoiced in being what I was.”
“An idealist who couldn't cope becomes cynical.”
“Every angle that I looked at was somebody who I admired and was better than me. So it made me very afraid.”
“I understand Twitter much more than I understand Tumblr.”
“As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations.”

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