"How did it happen that now he could see everything so clearly. Something had given him leave to live in the present. Not once in his entire life had he come to rest in the quiet center of himself but had forever cast himself from some dark past he could not remember to a future that did not exist. Not once had he been present for his life. So his life had passed like a dream. Is it possible for people to miss their lives the way one can miss a plane?"

-- Walker Percy

#Dream Quotes #Dark Quotes #Past Quotes

“It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities."--Mr Bill Berkowitz”
“the impatience of the old is the worst impatience of all.”

Source : L. T. Meade (2016). “The Honorable Miss: Children's Fiction”, p.201, VM eBooks
“I was not awesome at dancing. For a ballerina, I probably started too late. Plus I enjoyed entertaining people too much.”
“I had a fear of being alone.”
“Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God”
“I had no more conception of what it meant to be a forester than the man in the moon....But at least a forester worked in the woods and with the woods - and I loved the woods and everything about them....My Father's suggestion settled the question in favor of forestry.”
“I know by experience that the poets are right: love is eternal.”
“being made happy isn't receiving something new, it's being made to understand what we have.”

Source : Gwen Bristow (2014). “Tomorrow Is Forever: A Novel”, p.209, Open Road Media

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