"Proust, more perspicaciously than any other writer, reminds us that the 'walks' of childhood form the raw material of our intelligence."

-- Bruce Chatwin

#Childhood Quotes #Raw Materials Quotes #Proust Quotes

“Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.”
“While you had the chance to live, did you become your true self?”
“I love what I'm doing here but I hate being away from home. I hate it. I look forward to one day raising a family myself, and I really look forward to children but when that day comes, I don't want to be an absent dad. I'm already an absent husband.”

Source : Source: theindiespiritualist.com
“But down deep, at the molecular heart of life we're essentially identical to trees.”
“You're looking exceptionally ugly tonight, Madam, is it because we have company?”

Source : Alfred Jarry (2007). “The Ubu Plays: Includes: Ubu Rex; Ubu Cuckolded; Ubu Enchained”, p.22, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“There could be a powerful international women's rights movement if only philanthropists would donate as much to real women as to paintings and sculptures of women.”
“Man is a Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Animal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion - several of them.”
“Great opportunities may come once in a lifetime, but small opportunities surround us every day.”

Source : Rick Warren (2015). “The Purpose Driven Life Devotional for Kids”, p.122, Harper Collins

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