"He waved to the city and said good-bye. The city responded by carrying on the way it always did, traffic moving forward uninterrupted, without slowing, as if it were trying to demonstrate its permanence and show him it would still be there if he ever wanted to return. That promise was the best and only thing he could ask of it."

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Source : Matthew J. Kirby (2012). “The Clockwork Three”, p.372, Scholastic Inc.

Matthew J. Kirby

#Moving Quotes #Cities Quotes #Bye Quotes

“He who can traverse the pit of darkness will emerge a stronger, more compassionate person.”
“One religion after another has accepted and perpetuated man's original mistake in making a private servant of the mother of the race.”
“Climate change does not respect border; it does not respect who you are - rich and poor, small and big. Therefore, this is what we call global challenges, which require global solidarity.”
“I've ran only about 3 meters and I feel like my heart is going to explode”
“Everyone is entitled to his own nostalgia.”
“I am a Christian which means that I believe in the deity of Christ, like Tycho de Brahe, Copernicus, Descartes, Newton, Leibnitz, Pascalâ€¦ like all great astronomers mathematicians of the past.”
“I love doing kids' films.”
“I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.”

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