"Every place is a goldmine. You have only to give yourself time, sit in a teahouse watching the passers-by, stand in a corner of the market, go for a haircut. You pick up a thread â€“ a word, a meeting, a friend of a friend of someone you have just met â€“ and soon the most insipid, most insignificant place becomes a mirror of the world, a window on life, a theatre of humanity."

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Source : Tiziano Terzani (1997). “A fortune-teller told me”, HarperCollins

Tiziano Terzani

#Mirrors Quotes #Giving Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“What I love is how pissed off Jane Eyre is. She's in a rage for the whole novel and the payoff is she gets to marry this blind guy who's toasted his wife in the attic." -Angela Argo "Blue Angel”
“I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.”
“Images adorn our inner life and carry great power there.”
“I worked also, doing things such as our paper route and, later on, waitressing.”
“Look after yourself; remember that you only consist of your being, so make the best of what you have and look after it. Put good things into your body; eat well.”
“If you want know what sort of a justice I would make, then look at what sort of a judge I have been.”

Source : U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 09, 2006.
“Man, you don't know how I felt that afternoon when I heard that VOICE and it was my own VOICE.”
“I always felt that with luxury came cruelty. I do my best to live a happy, prosperous life, but I don't indulge in a lot of luxury.”

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