"We don't forget.... Our heads may be small, but they are as full of memories as the sky may sometimes be full of swarming bees, thousands and thousands of memories, of smells, of places, of little things that happened to us and which came back, unexpectedly, to remind us who we are."

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Source : Alexander McCall Smith (1998). “The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency”

Alexander McCall Smith

#Memories Quotes #Sky Quotes #Smell Quotes

“You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul.”
“I also play a little bit of Tiger Woods once in awhile. Get on the golf course there, and pretend that I'm beating him.”

Source : Interview with Jeremy Dunham, www.ign.com. July 17, 2002.
“Bin Laden does reprehensible activities, and we should surely take care of that by killing him as soon as we can. But he's not an irrational man. He's a very worthy enemy. He's an enemy to worry about.”
“Never use an adverb to modify the verb 'said' . . . he admonished gravely. To use an adverb this way (or almost any way) is a mortal sin. The writer is now exposing himself in earnest, using a word that distracts and can interrupt the rhythm of the exchange.”
“As an actor, sometimes you feel a pressure to change yourself from time to time.”
“I'm an orphan!" Constance cried gleefully. "I'm an orphan!" ~ The Prisoner's Dilemma”
“i wondered if i would spend the rest of my life inventing complicated ways to depress myself..”
“We cannot evangelize until we have been evangelized. This happens most powerfully through solitary prayer.”

Source : John Michael Talbot (1991). “Blessings: Reflections on the Beatitudes”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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