"I'm too old to recover, too narrow to forgive myself."

-- Lillian Hellman

#Motivational Quotes #Regret Quotes #Forgiving Quotes

“Whoever lays his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and tyrant, and I declare him my enemy.”
“One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate the hospital, such as doctors and nurses.”
“Traditionally, I have no right to talk about race. I'm white; I didn't grow up in an all-black neighborhood. But the license I see for myself is I'm a member of the world.”
“You don't take away my choices. You are my choice.”
“Legislators invent too many devices for subdividing property, only taking care to let their subdivisions go hand in hand with the natural affections of the human mind.”
“To be at peace with self, to find company and nourishment in self-this would be the test of the free and productive psyche.”
“You said you were going for a walk!? What kind of walk takes six hours?" "A long one?”
“Art begins . . . when someone interprets, when someone sees the world through his own eyes. Art happens when what is seen becomes mixed with the inside of the person who is seeing it.”

Source : Chaim Potok (2010). “The Gift of Asher Lev”, p.170, Ballantine Books

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