"No story is a straight line. The geometry of a human life is too imperfect and complex, too distorted by the laughter of time and the bewildering intricacies of fate to admit the straight line into its system of laws."

-- Pat Conroy

#Laughter Quotes #Fate Quotes #Law Quotes

“People are ultimately threatened by young people taking positions of power.”
“Work is life. Work is opportunity.”
“To me, Kane's always been a good guy, a good teammate. I think now he's got a girlfriend. You can tell, he's 24, turning 25, he's not 18 or 19 anymore. It's kind of fun seeing him and Toews get a little bit older, have girlfriends. They're starting to stay in on a Friday night, watch a movie instead.”
“I don't like department stores. I had a chain of department stores back in 1994 which was Lewis's and Owen Owen, only for a short time, and I found department stores personally difficult.”
“Let a man set his heart only on doing the will of God and he is instantly free. If we understand our first and sole duty to consist of loving God supremely and loving everyone, even our enemies, for God's dear sake, then we can enjoy spiritual tranquility under every circumstance.”
“I still get butterflies when I'm doing a runway show. The music starts, you're wearing these gorgeous clothes and your nervous about your high heels, if your shoes are going to break, if your going to slip or do something wrong.”
“Death will never be pretty - its sights and smells too close and crude. And it will never come under our control: it gallops where we tiptoe, rips up our routines, burns our very breath with its heat and sting.”
“There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And itâ€™s up to you to decide how youâ€™re going to approach the worldâ€¦how youâ€™re going to live in it, and what youâ€™re going to do.”

Source : Deborah Wiles (2016). “Countdown”, p.377, Scholastic Inc.

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