"When the past has passed from you at last, let go. Then climb down and begin the rest of your life. With great joy."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert

#Letting Go Quotes #Past Quotes #Joy Quotes

“As things stand now the feudal lords are content to look on while the shogunate carries on in a highhanded manner. Neither the lords nor the shogun can be depended upon, and so our only hope lies in grass-roots heroes.”

Source : "Yoshida Shoin Zenshu" by Yoshida Shoin, vol. V, 1938.
“I never knew how quickly I would go from someone that you loved to someone you used to know.”
“Our noblest hopes grow teeth and pursue us like tigers.”

Source : John Gardner, Joe Servello (1977). “In the suicide mountains”, Random House Inc
“Translating Candide into tweets has really deepened my appreciation of his writing - it wouldn't work so well with nineteenth-century authors. Every single sentence in Voltaire seems to advance the story, and yet stand alone as a sound-bite.”
“For one who has an interest in the body as text, airports are treasure troves of information. It seems almost un-American to enjoy delays, and perhaps enjoy is not the best word, but certainly a delayed flight, if it does nothing else, allows one the opportunity to make prolonged observations about one's fellow travelers.”
“If Jesus is the Son of God in human flesh, He's one of a kind of the 13 billions of people who have ever lived.”
“I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.”
“Holding these babies in my arms makes me realize the miracle my husband and I began.”

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