"What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal."

-- J. K. Rowling

#Positive Thinking Quotes #Bigs Quotes #Worst Quotes

“Let's not forget how beautiful simply washing dishes can be.”
“If future generations ask us what we are fighting for [in World War Two], we shall tell them the story of Lidice.”
“You don't know me, dude," he says, not smiling this time. Gonzo examines his cards, prepping for his next move. "People always think that they know other people, but they don't. Not really. I mean, maybe they know things about them, like they won't eat doughnuts or they like action movies or whatever. But they don't know what their friends do in their rooms alone at night or what happened to them when they were kids or if they feel ****ed up for no reason at all.”
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.”
“The day we learn to allow an ambulance to pass through in traffic, might be the first step towards being a truly responsible society.”
“I'd like to know why well-educated idiots keep apologizing for lazy and complaining people who think the world owes them a living.”
“Urgent optimism is the desire to act immediately to tackle an obstacle, combined with the belief that we have a reasonable hope of success.”
“We all have our routines," he said softly."But they must have a purpose and provide an outcome that we can see and take some comfort from, or else they have no use at all. Without that, they are like the endless pacings of a caged animal. If they are not madness itself, then they are a prelude to it.”

Source : John Connolly (2006). “The Book of Lost Things: A Novel”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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