"Come to the edge. We might fall. Come to the edge. It's too high! Come to the edge! And they came, and he pushed, and they flew."

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Source : "Come to the Edge" l. 1 (1969)

Christopher Logue

#Fall Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Might Quotes

“The idea is that Jodie Foster is with her child and she's going back to New York from Germany with her husband's body. She loses her child on a plane, and you think, 'How can that happen?' There's no record of her having brought a child onto the plane, and the captain is left wondering about whether she's telling the truth. You never really know if she's telling the truth or not.”
“Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.”
“I think comedy's something you can't learn. It's an instinct, which makes it rather elusive.”
“I've got it made. I've got a wife and a TV set - and they're both working.”
“Every day is important for us because it is a day ordained by God. If we are bored with life there is something wrong with our concept of God and His involvement in our daily lives. Even the most dull and tedious days of our lives are ordained by God and ought to be used by us to glorify Him.”

Source : Jerry Bridges (2014). “Trusting God: Even When Life Hurts”, p.106, Tyndale House
“When I was growing up, we didn't have this super-skinny, flawless image to compete with. I find it unfortunate that young women may look at those images and think that is the ideal of beauty. It can cause a lot of problems and self-esteem issues if we don't remind girls that being healthy and exactly who you are is the main thing. I'm grateful I didn't grow up with those images.”
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.”

Source : Samuel Butler (1951). “Samuel Butler's notebooks”
“One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides it much, much more. Fiction doesn't necessarily reveal what it's doing with rhythm and sound and patterning.”

Source : "5×5: Brian Evenson". Interview with Hayden Bennett, believermag.com. January 15, 2015.

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