"My object is to live in a place that does not call itself 'the community with a heart.' I want one of those godforsaken towns where all the young people leave and the rest sit on the porch with a rifle across their knees."

-- Florence King

#Heart Quotes #People Quotes #Community Quotes

“The only true test of friendship is the time your friend spends on you.”

Source : John Marsden (2010). “Circle of Flight: The Ellie Chronicles 3: The Ellie Chronicles”, p.182, Pan Australia
“One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.”
“Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue”
“One of the main reasons for the existence of philosophy is not that it enables you to find truth (it can never do that) but that it does provide you a refuge for definitions.”

Source : T. E. Hulme, Patrick McGuinness (2003). “Selected Writings”, p.77, Psychology Press
“Things that annoy me end up fuelling my ideas.”
“We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.”
“If you are giving back, you took too much.”
“Itâ€™s hard to let go. Even when what youâ€™re holding onto is full of thorns, itâ€™s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.”

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