"I see you over there, just clinging to the wall. Because they told you like ivy you were bound to crawl. But you kept looking up, girl, and I know why. You knew someday you were gonna touch the sky."

-- John Hiatt

#Girl Quotes #Wall Quotes #Sky Quotes

“Of course, I still saw Edward at school, because there wasn't anything Charlie [her dad] could do about that. And then, Edward spent almost every night in my room, too, but Charlie wasn't precisely aware of that. Edward's ability to climb easily and silently through my second-story window was almost as useful as his ability to read Charlie's mind.”
“Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you will soon be fighting again. Those quiet times give you the chance to think about what has happened. Some of it you would rather not think about, as you remember the pain and the sorrow. You also have time to worry about what will happen when you go into battle again.”

Source : Joseph Bruchac (2006). “Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two”, p.89, Penguin
“Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer.”
“In the world of ideas everything was clear; in life all was obscure, embroiled.”
“Getting drunk was good. I decided that I would always like getting drunk. It took away the obvious and maybe if you could get away from the obvious often enough, you wouldn't become so obvious yourself.”
“Dear reader, traditional human power structures and their reign of darkness are about to be rendered obsolete.”
“Picking winners among the many young companies seeking money is a tough business, even for the most sophisticated investors. Indeed, most professionally run venture funds lose money. For individuals, it's pure folly. Buy a lottery ticket instead. Your chance of winning is likely to be higher.”

Source : "A Sneaky Way to Deregulate" by Steven Rattner, opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com. March 3, 2013.
“a heart may be lifted up and cast down in the same moment, as sometimes sunshine comes while rain is falling and builds upward in the sky tall reaches of misty, unlikely beauty.”

Source : Caroline Pafford Miller (1993). “Lamb in His Bosom”, Peachtree Pub Limited

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