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“In a boxing match, the fighters absorb some vicious blows because they’re ready for them. And usually, the knockout punch is the one they didn’t see coming.”
Source : Todd Burpo (2014). “Heaven is for Real Movie Edition: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc
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“O Death, what are thou? nurse of dreamless slumbers freshening the fevered flesh to a wakefulness eternal.”
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“A good deed hidden in silence dies.”
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“My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.”
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“And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.”
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“That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.”
Source : Joseph Barbera (1994). “My Life in 'Toons: From Flatbush to Bedrock in Under a Century”, Turner Pub
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“Write what you know. Write what you don't know. But most of all, write what you'd rather not know.”
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“Everyone has this universal understanding of roommate drama.”
