"Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust."

-- Robert Jordan

#Responsibility Quotes #Men Quotes #Dust Quotes

“Glory is sometimes a low courtesan who on the road entices many who did not think of her. They are astonished to obtain favors without having done anything to deserve them.”
“Great coders are todayâ€™s rock stars.”
“Avoiding me, Quen downed a swallow of wine. "Trent is a fine young man," he said, watching the remaining wine swirl. "Yes... " I drawled, cautiously. "If you can call a drug lord and outlawed-medicine manufacturer a fine young man.”
“I suddenly had an idea of how adults can hold on to a feeling for very long periods of time, long after the event is finished, long after cards have been sent and apologies made and everyone else had moved on. Adults were pack rats of old, useless emotions”

Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.317, Penguin
“Obviously, the intention was not to go back to images traditionally valued as worthy or holy images and shapes, but exactly the opposite; its main purpose had to be to realise as sacred art, anything which so far had been regarded as of little value and pitiful.”
“Go where thou wilt, thou canst not go out of thy Father's ground.”

Source : Thomas Boston (1840). “A soliloquy on the art of man-fishing. Repr”, p.23
“I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it.”
“First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!”

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