"He stood beneath the white tower, and looked up at it with that mournful expression which his face always carried in repose: for one moment he thought of climbing up its cracked and broken stone, and then from its summit screaming down at the silent city as a child might scream at a chained animal."

-- Peter Ackroyd

#Children Quotes #Animal Quotes #Climbing Quotes

“There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change.”
“South Africa is a country built on possibility. Possibility lies in making a difference and creating value from a situation - without denying that certain issues exist.”
“But why allow someone to make a bad choice when a little information might engender a better one? It's hard to wake up and see the sun if the blinds are pulled.”
“When you're making pictures out of heartfelt passion, it hurts when someone calls them a calculated business move.”
“The Church must be one because a fragmented church is not much help to a fragmented world.”

Source : Justo L. González (1999). “For the Healing of the Nations: The Book of Revelation in an Age of Cultural Conflict”
“The President, in talking about freedom and democracy, is sparking a wave of very positive democratic sentiment that might help us override both Islamic fundamentalism that has formed in that region, and also some of the hatred for our policies of invading Iraq.”
“I am delighted to be joining 'Guardian U.S.''s team as a weekly columnist, and to have the chance to address American and global current events on its distinguished platform. 'Guardian U.S.' brings the 'Guardian''s hard-hitting investigative brand to a new focus on American news and opinion.”
“there is no such thing as fantasy unrelated to reality”

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