"There were times Ruma felt closer to her mother in death than she had in life, an intimacy born simply of thinking of her so often, of missing her. But she knew that this was an illusion, a mirage, and that the distance between them was now infinite, unyielding."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Mother Quotes #Distance Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“In the long run, I believe that honesty is definitely the best policy. One can get away by being dishonest for a short term, but ultimately, honesty is what pays.”
“Shift from judgment to compassion to love.”
“Born Losers is a beautiful piece of writing. Scott Sandage is history's Dickens; his bleak house, the late nineteenth century world of almost anonymous American men who failed. With wit and sympathy, Sandage illuminates the grey world of credit evaluation, a little studied smothering arm of capitalism. This is history as it should be, a work of art exploring the social cost of our past.”
“Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals.”
“I have been an "Official" all my life, without the least turn for it. I never could attain a true official manner, which is highly artificial and handles trifles with ludicrously disproportionate gravity.”
“The fish that first ventured ashore had considerable practical problems.”

Source : Poul Anderson (2015). “Harvest of Stars”, p.276, Open Road Media
“The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I really cannot know whether I am or am not the Genius you are pleased to call me, but I am very willing to put up with the mistake, if it be one.”

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