"I've discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always the right one; and that hunger of one kind or another - desire, by another name - is the source of almost every sorrow."

-- Claire Messud

#Years Quotes #Names Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“Finally it has penetrated my thick skull. This life-this moment-is no dress rehearsal. This is it.”
“If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Don't go through life, grow through life.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Terrorism is a big danger to Pakistan's independence. We will fight this danger for the sake of independence of Pakistan and will defeat it at all levels.”
“We are all like Scheherazade's husband, in that we want to know what happens next.”
“I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.”
“Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance.”
“Medication can help us live a happier life.”
“The labouring poor, to use a vulgar expression, seem always to live from hand to mouth. Their present wants employ their whole whole attention, and they seldom think of the future. Even when they have an opportunity of saving they seldom exercise it, but all that is beyond their present neccessities goes, generally speaking, to the ale house.”

Source : Thomas Malthus (2015). “An Essay on the Principle of Population: Illustrated”, p.44, eKitap Projesi

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