"What? she said once to herself, and then once aloud, What? She felt a total displacement, like a spinning globe brought to a sudden halt by the light touch of a finger. How did she end up here, like this? How could there have been so much - so many moments, so many people and things, so many razors and pillows, timepieces and subtle coffins - without her being aware? How did her life live itself without her?"

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Light Quotes #People Quotes #Razors Quotes

“Speaking about climate change is not a matter of intellectual luxury â€“ the phenomenon is an actual fact â€¦ all of the industrialised countries, especially the big ones, bear responsibility for the global warming crisis.”
“When I miss you, sometimes I listen to music or look at pictures of you, not to remind me of you but to make me feel as if I'm with you. It makes me forget the distance and capture you.”
“Poetry had breathed over and sanctified the land.”
“I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural.”
“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a forcing of what and how.”
“Web-site creation isn't something you learn once and then check off on your to do list.”

Source : Jeffrey Veen (1997). “Hot Wired Style: Principles for Building Smart Web Sites”, Wired Books
“Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.”
“The minor leagues were great. When you first sign, that is your big leagues.”

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