"I began to know that each morning reasserted the problems of night before, that sleep suspended all but changed nothing, that you couldnâ€™t make yourself over between dawn and dusk."

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Source : John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

John Knowles

#Morning Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Night Quotes

“I stepped into the bedroom where he was killed and looked up at the ceiling, where you could still see the patterns of blood that had spurted from bin Laden's head when the bullet fired by a U.S. Navy SEAL tore through the terrorist leader's face.”

Source : "A visit to Osama bin Laden's lair" by Peter Bergen, www.cnn.com. May 3, 2012.
“The purifying influence of public confession springs from the fact, that by it the hope in lies is forever swept away, and the soul recovers the noble attitude of simplicity.”
“I believe if you ask any singer who was the greatest country music singer of all time, they would say 'George Jones'. He was without question and by far the BEST! I first met and worked with him when I was 13 years old; I am so very grateful that he was my friend.”
“Progess, do not regress.”
“Beautiful memories tell our story, and wrap themselves in ribbons of the heart.”
“I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in different ways, and this way happens to be mine.”
“I am against changing my body to become better. I am not against implants, I have a lot of girlfriends who have them, but the implants look good on them. I am never gonna get them, once I have kids they are gonna get bigger anyway.”
“So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.”

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