"Farewell, too little, and too lately known, Whom I began to think and call my own."

-- John Dryden

#Farewell Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by candle light, in longhand, in African villages where there was no power, under shelling in Kurdistan.”
“Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.”
“Sometimes when you do big movies, you can lose sometimes a little bit of soul.”
“Every single day I wake up and commit myself to becoming a better player. Some days it happens, and some days it doesn't. Sure, there are games I'm going to dominate and there are going to be games when I struggle. But it doesn't mean I give up.”
“At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.”
“I'd never put all my chips anywhere, because I don't want to close any doors, but I was raised in a very blue-collar family. I was raised by parents who said, 'If you don't go to work every day, you're not contributing', so that's my mentality. I have to work every day; I have to bring home a paycheck.”
“Change in all things is sweet.”
“Avoid sloth, bad company, dangerous conversations, and games; remembering that time passes and never returns, that you have a soul, and that if you lose your soul, you lose all.”

Source : St. Leonard of Port Maurice (1970). “The Hidden Treasure: Holy Mass”, p.106, TAN Books

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