"I notice the silvery hair at his temples with a tinge of sadness. Why do parents grow old? Life is a castle of lies slowly dismantled by the passage of time. I regret not spending more time looking at the people I love."

-- Shan Sa

#Regret Quotes #Lying Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“The highway of life was littered with the roadkill of those who didn't know when to change lanes.”

Source : Karen White (2012). “After the Rain”, p.10, Penguin
“Beautiful men and women with distorted shadows came and scorched their handprints onto doors before vanishing skyward, drafts of heat billowing behind them with the whumph of unseen wings. Here and there, feathers fell, and they were like tufts of white fire, disintegrating to ash as soon as they touched the ground.”
“You have to do something. If you do something, you become somebody. Even a daffodil does something, has a profession. It gives off scent, professionally.”
“I can't really put it in one sentence because although on one hand Preacher is about faith and yes it is also about, I suppose, the search for God, the search for faith and the manipulation and the abuse committed by figures in whom I suppose people have faith.”
“Being flexible is incredibly important. You can change your mind. I understand not wanting to flit around, jumping at something little, but you also need to ask yourself if the reasons you're in an investment are still the reasons you should be. It's hard for your ego and it's hard to call clients, but you have to do it.”

Source : Source: uk.businessinsider.com
“Acting was always something I pursued by myself. When we were in college, I took an acting class that I was so passionate about and devoted to, but I went to it privately and never really spoke about it. I'd have these ecstatic experiences in, like, a church basement and then never talk about it with other people.”
“I eat healthy and stay active and drink plenty of water.”
“When I needed to think or was really upset, generally I climbed a tree.”

Source : "Tilting at Tree Bags" by Ian Frazier, www.motherjones.com. January 2001.

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