"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them."

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Source : FaceBook post by John Updike from Mar 19, 2013

John Updike

#Positive Quotes #Success Quotes #Dream Quotes

“You cannot play with Riquelme without playing for Riquelme.”
“With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.”
“In order to feel contempt, you generally need to cherish some kind of feelings.”
“The world is shocked, or amused, by the sight of saintly old people hindering in the name of morality the removal of obvious brutalities from a legal system.”
“Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; remember, Lord, how short my time is; remember that I am but flesh, a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. My days are as grass, as a flower of the field; for the wind goeth over me, and I am gone, and my place shall know me no more.”

Source : Lancelot Andrewes (1861). “The Devotions of Bishop Andrewes: Translated from the Greek and Arranged Anew”, p.138
“A persistent breeze lifted the thin curtains, fluttering a few moments of tranquility into the turbulent day.”
“We're going to line up some professionals - counselors. The reality is just setting in for all of us. We didn't have the benefit of looking from the outside in. They're still absorbing everything that did happen. There will finally be some realization of what happened - as it's been described to us, the worst disaster in our country's history.”
“I'm a big old egotistical baby and that's okay. I can accept it.”

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