"Via the squares on the chessboard, the Indians explain the movement of time and the age, the higher influences which control the world and the ties which link Chess with the human soul"

-- Al-Masudi

#Ties Quotes #Squares Quotes #Soul Quotes

“If people don't think they have the power to solve their problems, they won't even think about how to solve them.”
“No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.”

Source : "Chen Guangcheng says he fears reprisals against his family" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.
“Gwen?" "Yes." "You know why we have to be together, don't you?" "..." "I'm your selkie.”

Source : Terri Farley (2010). “Seven Tears into the Sea”, p.194, Simon and Schuster
“Do you know that being a stranger is the hardest thing that can happen to any one in all this world?”

Source : Gene Stratton-Porter (2015). “Laddie: A True Blue Story”, p.17, Xist Publishing
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”

Source : Simone Weil (2003). “The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind”, p.43, Routledge
“Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.”

Source : Song: Turn The Page
“Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.”
“Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.”

Source : Mary Cheney (2006). “Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life”, Pocket Books

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