"My childhood was full of deep sorrows - colic, whooping-cough, dread of ghosts, hell, Satan, and a Deity in the sky who was angry when I ate too much plumcake."

-- George Eliot

#Sky Quotes #Childhood Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“The miser, poor fool, not only starves his body, but also his own soul.”
“I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.”
“Ndamukong Suh is the best player in this generation to hit free agency since Reggie White.”
“If itâ€™s over, then donâ€™t let the past screw up the rest of your life.”
“I wonder, only in passing, whether the indelible ornamentation that man inscribes upon his own epidermis does not respond to a nostalgia for the universal internally generated coloring of corrollas, furs, shells, carapaces and wings. For man it has been necessary to create both works and tools outside of himself. But it may be that he retains an obscure nostalgia to create them on his own body, to make them a part of it rather than projecting them outwards onto an independent surface, where he is free to retouch them as he sees fit, which is precisely what painting and art are.”
“Never apologize for your success because you worked hard for it,”
“People learn to lead because they care about something.”
“There are secret passages all around you if you know where to look for them.”

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