"...tell them that we have some good in us, too. And the only thing worth living for is the good. Thatâ€™s why weâ€™ve got to make sure we pass it on."

-- Billie Letts

“Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced in the first third, which you can call the introduction. Develop your themes and characters in your second third, the development. Resolve your themes, mysteries and so on in the final third, the resolution.”
“Self-preservation isn't worth it if you can't live with the self you're preserving”

Source : David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.73, Egmont UK
“Unfulfilled dreams, ongoing relational tension, the loss of friendships, a hard marriage, rebellious teenagers, the death of loved ones, remaining sinful patterns - whatever it is for you - live long enough, lose enough, suffer enough, and the idealism of youth fades, leaving behind the reality of life in a broken world as a broken person.”
“We have the potential for making massive change... and the bottom line is that we can't be the generation responsible for wiping out three-fourths of life forms on the Earth.”

Source : "A new mass extinction could be underway, researchers say" by Angad Singh, www.cnn.com. June 20, 2015.
“The street is where we all learn. I played organized football growing up as well, but when that was over, I went right to the street. I remember twisting my ankles, breaking my thumb, I hurt everything when I was little playing street ball.”
“In some instances, music is actually better than the spoken word, because it doesn't need to be understood.”
“If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely discover you ahve no wings.”
“It happened very providentially, to the honor of the Christian religion, that it did not take its rise in the dark illiterate ages of the world, but at a time when arts and sciences were at their height.”

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