"Take a moment from time to time to remember that you are alive. I know this sounds a trifle obvious, but it is amazing how little time we take to remark upon this singular and gratifying fact. By the most astounding stroke of luck an infinitesimal portion of all the matter in the universe came together to create you and for the tiniest moment in the great span of eternity you have the incomparable privilege to exist."

-- Bill Bryson

#Luck Quotes #Together Quotes #Alive Quotes

“The winds were blowing from west to east, pushing Abby's boat toward the rocks as Abby struggled with the autopilots below. If Wild Eyes reached those islands, she wouldn't run aground, keel in the sand. She would be smashed into pieces.”
“Abysmal vermin that I am, I couldn't of course tell her that it was her incredible mother that I wanted to see againâ€¦ I knew only as I drove through the cold, night autumn air that somewhere Freud, Sophocles and Eugene Oâ€™Neill were laughing.”
“Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa.”
“... like all very handsome men who die tragically, he left not so much a character behind him as a legend. Youth and death shed a halo through which it is difficult to see a real face ...”
“For David Halberstam journalism was a calling, not a job. You couldn't fire him and he wouldn't quit.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. April 27, 2007.
“Theres two kinds of music: black soul music, and the white imitation thereof.”
“Sorrow and scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather. Ah me, this glory and this grief Agree not well together!”
“Tithing is not a matter of money, really; it is a matter of faithâ€”faith in the Lord. He promises blessings if we obey His commandments.”

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