"I respond, thoughts dropping away, like pebbles plopping one by one in water, sinking down, down into dark oblivion."

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Source : Sophie Jordan (2011). “Firelight”, p.123, Oxford University Press - Children

Sophie Jordan

#Dark Quotes #Water Quotes #Pebbles Quotes

“I wouldn't give myself any advice, because advice is kinda bullshit. Take a deep breath and don't take any of it too seriously.”
“Yet the basic fact remains: every regulation represents a restriction of liberty, every regulation has a cost. That is why, like marriage (in the Prayer Book's words), regulation should not "be enterprised, nor taken in hand, unadvisedly, lightly, or wantonly"”
“Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.”
“Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming - the echo of God on the human wall!”
“Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty.”
“We distinguish the excellent man from the common man by saying that the former is the one who makes great demands on himself, and the latter who makes no demands on himself.”
“The most powerful force ever known on this planet is human cooperation - a force for construction and destruction.”
“Time is the measure of that which changes ...”

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