"Children notice things first, people later."

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Walker Percy

#Children Quotes #People Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Wanting is the beginning of getting.”

Source : Rumer Godden (2016). “An Episode of Sparrows”, p.107, New York Review of Books
“I went to boarding school Southern, religious, and straight, and I left boarding school not being at all religious and not being straight.”
“This may sound crazy, but to love someone so much that their happiness comes before yours; to find someone who wants to be with you as much as you want to be with them is a wonderfully amazing thing. The catch? It's a two-way street, a balancing act. Both must feel the same way or it falls apart. Once found, however, well, my friend, I believe you just found Heaven on Earth.”
“The glow dies down, and she's standing at the end of my bed--the one who's been following me around leaving feather messages. I take in the torn fishnets, plaid mini-kilt, shiny, riveted breastplate with leather straps at the sides and a worn Great Temolo decal near the left shoulder. Her wings are a crazy black-and-white-checkered pattern, like they've been spray-painted at a body shop to look like hipster sneakers.”
“I don't really care about gossip. I care about building great businesses.”
“Whoa!!! I heard I offended one of my all time favorite artists Ray Price by my statement â€œNobody wants to listen to their grandpas music.”
“Think of our DNA. In the last million years, our DNA hasn't changed at all. It's really much the same as it was in the jungle, a million, two millions years ago. But in the last 200 years, our destructive capacities have increased many, many millions of times over. Why don't we see intelligent signals from outer space? Because in all likelihood, once the civilization reaches the point our civilization has reached, it destroys itself.”
“In every moment, the Universe is whispering to you. You're constantly surrounded by signs, coincidences, and synchronicities , all aimed at propelling you in the direction of your destiny.”

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