"City and country -- each has its own beauty and its own pain. Some of the smallness of small towns -- cattiness, everybody knowing everybody's business -- that can be challenging. And cities can be challenging, because no one can connect except electronically."

-- William P. Young

#Country Quotes #Pain Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Though surely to avoid attachments for fear of loss is to avoid life.”

Source : Lionel Shriver (2010). “We Need to Talk about Kevin”, p.331, Profile Books
“Living wisdom cannot be confined within words, but it can be hinted at through situations, much as a specific feature of an otherwise undistinguished landscape can often be discerned by following the path projected by a pointing finger. "Them that have ears, let them hear," said Jesus; whoever "hears" the inner import of words will be able to "see" their inward meaning.”
“Every man dies, but not every man truly lives.”
“I wonder how many college tuitions could be paid off with the amount of money spent by Minions on advertisement.”
“Always be courageous and strong, & don't fear. You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.”
“It is quite amazing how hard the subconscious works when it is made to understand that this life is not a rehearsal, there is no safety net and no assurance of any final closure. It is also quite appalling to realize how catatonic the imagination can become when we hedge our bets, opt for the safer direction at every fork in the path.”
“The Bible is big in the religion, treating people as you want to be treated.”
“The bipartisan approach filtered up through my typewriter. I used to say, "Mad takes on both sides." We even used to rake the hippies over the coals. They were protesting the Vietnam War, but we took aspects of their culture and had fun with it. Mad was wide open. Bill loved it, and he was a capitalist Republican. I loved it, and I was a liberal Democrat. That went for the writers, too; they all had their own political leanings, and everybody had a voice. But the voices were mostly critical. It was social commentary, after all.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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