"And oh, god, how could so much regret and so much sweetness and so much sadness all be present in that single moment. I was already dead and missing my unlived life. I was already dead and Tobias was mourning. I tried to smile. For him."

-- Katherine Applegate

#Regret Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Mourning Quotes

“I am a guest of the French language. My poems in French are born of my interaction with the French language, which is not the same as that of a French poet.”
“When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.”
“In the rush of today's world, and with more than half of us now living in cities, the majority of people are less and less connected with the spectacle of Nature.”

Source : "WATCH: Is The Human Race In Danger Of Becoming Extinct Soon?" by Louise Leakey, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 5, 2013.
“We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.”
“I have always felt that books help me feel less alone in the world. They make our lives bigger - they help us to feel feelings we wouldn't otherwise feel and to understand feelings that we don't have a framework for.”
“Before Elvis there was nothing.”
“Everyone is an athlete. The only difference is that some of us are in training, and some are not.”

Source : George A. Sheehan, George Sheehan (1992). “Dr. George Sheehan on getting fit & feeling great”, Outlet
“I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.”

Source : Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 6 July 2010

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