"Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started: Dear Diary, I spent the morning admiring my skin elasticity. God alive, I feel supple."

-- Joe Dunthorne

#Morning Quotes #Jealous Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Nuclear power is one hell of a way to boil water”
“There is a time for scientists and movie stars and those who have flown the atlantic to restrain their opinions lest they be taken more seriously than they should be.”
“When you truly have the courage to dream, you have the courage to act as well.”

Source : FaceBook post by Alberto Villoldo from Jan 10, 2014
“Boys turns girls into such idiots.”

Source : Stephanie Perkins (2013). “Anna and the French Kiss”, p.25, Usborne Publishing Ltd
“If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“It's a perfectly human instinct to want to be near water.”
“I never thought I'd see the day that I would see white folks as frightened, or more so, than black folks was during the civil rights movement when we was in Mississippi.”

Source : Piers Anthony (2012). “On a Pale Horse”, p.150, Del Rey
“Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He moves well, using his senses fully. He is not preoccupied with irrelevancies. He's not thinking about his job or his image or his income tax. He is putting first things first, principally his physical security. Do likewise.”

Source : Jeff Cooper (2006). “Principles of Personal Defense: Revised Edition”, p.14, Paladin Press

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