"It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right."

-- Janet Morris

#Commitment Quotes #Right Thing Quotes

“Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes ...”
“It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.”
“I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.”
“What a glorious thing it is for us to have the privilege of going to the temple for our own blessings. Then after going to the temple for our own blessings, what a glorious privilege to do the work for those who have gone on before us.”
“I don't particularly dislike any kind of person that might be reading my stuff. They like it and that's cool, but I don't do the work for any kind of group in particular, except for hobos, who just plain kick ***** and light up my life.”
“The Montessori Method- learning by doing-once again became my stock in trade...”

Source : Katharine Graham (1998). “Personal History”, Vintage Books
“What should our second generation have done, what should it do with the knowledge of the horrors of the extermination of the Jews? We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable, we may not inquire because to inquire is to make the horrors an object of discussion, even if the horrors themselves are not questioned, instead of accepting them as something in the face of which we can only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt. Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame and guilt? To what purpose?”

Source : Bernhard Schlink (2001). “The Reader”, p.104, Vintage
“I donâ€™t want to be rude, but Iâ€™m not that social. When I say, â€œI never go out,â€ I mean, â€œI never go out.â€”

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