"So, have you been enjoying yourself these days, Kazami?' I'm having lots of fun.' It was true. That made the sense of regret even keener, that this time in my life would soon be a thing of the past. I felt as if I could understand a little of what my mother had been through, and the feelings she may have had at different times. I wasn't a child anymore, and this made me feel awfully lonesome, and utterly alone."

-- Banana Yoshimoto

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Fun Quotes

“We all say things when we are trying to get elected.”
“Envy is everywhere. Who is without envy? And most people Are unaware or unashamed of being envious.”
“If you cared enough about your characters, what happened to them was interesting... It's important to care about them. About who they are and what they do.. I don't really care whose side they are on, and they can be monstrous on the outside, or worse, on the inside, but you still have to want to spend time with them.”
“I was in the Vancouver airport, and I was speaking with a young girl. She asked if I was Freddie Prinze Jr., and I said I was. She kind of giggled, and while I was talking with her, her girlfriend ran up and took my sandwich. I did not call out after her.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Science is like literature, a continuing dialog among diverse and conflicting voices, no one ever wholly right or wholly wrong, but a steady conversation forever provisional and personal and living.”

Source : "Timescape". Book by Gregory Benford, 1980.
“I like doing theaters. I like being up close and personal with the fans. It's really cool.”
“It was hard to love my wife and kids because I was all wrapped up in loving only myself. I did what I wanted, when I wanted, without any real concern for them.”
“Do not speak unless you can improve on silence, said a Buddhist sage.”

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