"Alaska has long been a magnet for dreamers and misfits, people who think the unsullied enormity of the Last Frontier will patch all the holes in their loves. The bush is an unforgiving place, however, that care nothing for hope or longing."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Thinking Quotes #Alaska Quotes #Long Quotes

“A broken person understands she needs rescue, and she depends on God to resurrect and deliver. And she also understands that even if God chooses not to deliver, His ways are higher and more amazing then what we can fathom.”

Source : Mary E DeMuth (2012). “Everything: What You Give and What You Gain to Become Like Jesus”, p.108, Thomas Nelson
“Ive been touring now since about 68.”
“This may surprise you, but I was arrested in high school.”
“I notice, however, that Peter only pretends to inject himselfâ€”when he presses the plunger down, the fluid runs down his throat, and he wipes it casually with a sleeve. I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything.”

Source : Vikas Swarup (2008). “Slumdog Millionaire: A Novel”, p.258, Simon and Schuster
“I was in a self-induced depression. Welcome to me Real World.”
“Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.”

Source : James Mark Baldwin (1913). “History of Psychology: A Sketch and an Interpretation”
“Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga.”
“I didn't fully realize it then, but that was the thing I was most trying to earn playing baseball. Not money. Not glory... Love.”

Source : Joe Pepitone (2015). “Joe, You Coulda Made Us Proud”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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