"I am not given to superstition, yet there are certain places in old Asian countries where human beings have been born and have lived and died for so many generations that the very earth is saturated with their flesh and the air seems crowded with their continuing presence."

-- Pearl S. Buck

#Country Quotes #Land Quotes #Air Quotes

“Nothing is as dangerous as a sure thing.”
“We're going to make sure, regardless of disagreements we have on policy, that our military and intelligence cooperation to keep the Israeli people safe continues and that cooperation also helps the American people stay safe.”
“Jews, Germans, and Allies is an important historical document, especially in light of those revisionists who would impose a universal amnesia about the suffering and losses incurred during the Holocaust. The grim statistics that Ms. Grossmann presents in her carefully researched and well-organized book carry evidence of the terrible truth. But the testimony of the survivors she quotes contains the final, ineradicable facts of history.”
“Love was like a steamroller. There was no avoiding it; it went over you and you came out flat.”
“Probably saying a 30-second prayer at a key moment has done more good than any psychotherapy or drugs I've prescribed.”
“I don't know, I like the word sassy.”
“Do every act of your life as if it were your last.”
“...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth”, p.190, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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