"Then she saw a star fall, leaving behind it a bright streak of fire. â€œSomeone is dying,â€ thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God."

-- Hans Christian Andersen

#Girl Quotes #Stars Quotes #Fall Quotes

“History is reticent about women who were common soldiers, who bore arms, belonged to regiments, and took part in battles on the same terms as men, though hardly a war has been waged without women soldiers in the ranks.”
“Once in a very long time you come across a book that is far, far more than the ink, the glue and the paper, a book that seeps into your blood.”
“I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a new place.”
“There is a sense in which the United States ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.”
“To me the drawn language is a very revealing language: one can see in a few lines whether a man is really an architect.”

Source : Eero Saarinen (1962). “Eero Saarinen on His Work: A Selection of Buildings Dating from 1947 to 1964 with Statements by the Architect”, New Haven : Yale University Press
“I'm a young dude, and there ain't too many people who are doin' it like I'm doin' it. There ain't no others in my lane - I am the future of this music.”

Source : Source: djbooth.net
“Not many people get every single thing they want plus all the things they didn't think to ask for in the same day.”
“Your eye level is your reference point for drawing the perspective lines. All lines above your eye level will go down to the horizon vanishing point and all lines below your eye level will go up to the horizon vanishing point.”

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