"I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I had thought about that often since my sister got married. Do you become a character in a story native to that land, or do you, somewhere in your heart, want to return to your homeland."

-- Banana Yoshimoto

#Country Quotes #Growing Up Quotes #Moving Quotes

“If you are lucky enough to be a success, by all means enjoy the applause and the adulation of the public. But never, never believe it.”
“Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.”

Source : Markus Zusak (2007). “I Am the Messenger”, p.353, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“I never wanted to live forever," she says. "I just wanted enough time.”
“When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa.”
“Alone with Giddon again, Bitterblue considered him, rather liking the mud streaks on his face. He looked like a handsome sunken rowboat.”
“Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.”
“Don't worry,don't worry.Look at the Astors and the Vanderbilts,all those big society people.They were the worst thieves-and now look at them.It's just a matter of time.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.”

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