"A happening was looming. It was out there somewhere beyond the regular enclosed life that I had been living. It was out there, not waiting, but existing. Being. Perhaps it was only slightly wondering if I would come to it."

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Markus Zusak

#Waiting Quotes #Wonder Quotes

“When I first started acting, I started in opera and had a great desire to play grand, tragic characters. I got sidetracked in musical theater and ended up doing a lot of comedy.”
“Money can be issued only in the act of buying, and can be backed only in the act of selling. Any buyer who is also a seller is qualified to be a money issuer. Government, because it is not and should not be a seller, is not qualified to be a money issuer.”
“Now that spring is no longer to be recognised in blossoms or in new leaves on trees, I must look for it in myself. I feel the ice of myself cracking. I feel myself loosen and flow again, reflecting the world. That is what spring means.”

Source : David Malouf (2012). “An Imaginary Life”, p.60, Random House
“There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course.”
“I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“He hadnâ€™t been her first lover or the first boy to give her an orgasm. He hadnâ€™t even been the first sheâ€™d loved. Heâ€™d been the first to turn her inside out with something as simple as a smile. The first to make her doubt herself. Heâ€™d taken her deeper than anyone ever had, and yet she hadnâ€™t drowned.”
“You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely”
“No one prepares you at 7 years of age to have your father tell you he is a criminal - you are still a kid and you are thinking about playing and having fun, things that have little to do with reality. This forces you to grow and mature before due time.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com

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