"[T]he only good loan is one that gets paid back."

“So the poet, who wants to be something that he cannot be, and is a failure in plain life, makes up fictitious versions of his predicament that are interesting even to other persons because nobody is a perfect automobile salesman.”

Source : allen tate (1953). “the man of letters in the modern world”

“Growth comes from God, to those with surrendered, yielded hearts.”

Source : Mary E DeMuth (2012). “Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus”, p.30, Thomas Nelson

“Then we heard the rumours: that the last scientists were working on a cure that would end the plague and restore the world. Restore it? Why? I like the death! I like the misery! I like this world!”

“The rain is plentious but, by God's decree, Only a third is meant for you and me; Two-thirds are taken by the growing things Or vanish Heavenward on vapour's wings: Nor does it mathematically fall With social equity on one and all. The population's habit is to grow In every region where the water's low: Nature is blamed for failings that are Man's, And well-run rivers have to change their plans.”

“I assure you that even the most beautiful women are not pretty all over. They have merely learned to use clothes deftly enough to give others the impression that they are.”

Source : Edith Head, Joe Hyams (1967). “HOW TO DRESS FOR SUCCESS”

“You only get a second to score a goal in football. In Wolves' case it was 20 seconds”

“The time that I have on this earth should just be filled with good times.”

“Gratitude opens the door to... the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.”