"Casual?" Elam halted and crossed his arms. "My good horse, there's a big difference between casual and confident. I am aware of the danger, but......I want to maintain a confident mind-set in full assurance of faith, otherwise my heart might melt within me." ..... "Take care that your confidence does not swell into arrogance, for that is the downfall of every man of pride."

-- Bryan Davis

#Horse Quotes #Heart Quotes #Pride Quotes

“Humans have various ways of coping with extended stress, and one is the anticipation of a better time. Here, as with retribution, there is often a kind of symmetry: the more intense the stress and the more hopeless the situation, the more fabulous the coming times that are anticipated.”

Source : Robert Wright (2010). “The Evolution Of God: The origins of our beliefs”, p.116, Hachette UK
“Well, I didn't know how to draw very well back then, in the '40s and '50s.”
“The two greatest plays ever written were Hamlet and Oedipus Rex, and they're both about father-son relationships.”
“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.”
“It's nice to always make an effort when you get photographed.”
“There are just so many stories that are buried on family trees.”
“I don't have a lot of downtime.”
“Falling in love is a completely transcendent experience. It's like eating pizza-flavored ice cream”

Source : Mike Birbiglia (2012). “Sleepwalk with Me: And Other Painfully True Stories”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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