"After all this, what happened? What happened was that, as soon as I had the slightest chance of a place to hide in, I crept into it and hid. Well, sometimes it's a fine day isn't it? Sometimes the skies are blue. Sometimes the air is light, easy to breathe. And there is always tomorrow..."

-- Jean Rhys

#Sky Quotes #Light Quotes #Air Quotes

“As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.”

Source : "I Went Camping With Bear Grylls, And Survived". Interview with Wes Siler, gizmodo.com. November 20, 2014.
“There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not quite as satisfying as statistics; but in the long run, a people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.”
“Our properties within our own territories [should not] be taxed or regulated by any power on earth but our own.”
“The Queen is the only person who can put on a tiara with one hand, while walking down stairs.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The greatest treasures are those invisible to the eye but found by the heart.”
“The only reason the House hasn't done even more damage is that the Senate often sands down the most noxious ideas, making the bills merely bad, not disastrous.”
“The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.”

Source : Mark Akenside (1808). “The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions”
“The reasoning man who scorns the prejudices of simpletons necessarily becomes the enemy of simpletons; he must expect as much, and laugh at the inevitable.”

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