"It is only alone, truly alone that one bursts apart, springs forth."

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Source : Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa (1975). “The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters”, p.347

Maria Isabel Barreno

#Spring Quotes #Being Alone Quotes

“It is that perfection of God by which he is devoid of all change, not only in His Being, but also in His perfections, and in His purposes and promises.”

Source : Louis Berkhof (1996). “Systematic Theology”, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“Most adults have forgotten what they had to do to survive childhood.”

Source : Mark Vonnegut, M.D. (2010). “Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir”, p.14, Delacorte Press
“It's psychologically a weird experience to be so aware of the fact that the real time of your life is moving much faster than the fictional time you're trying to depict. You start to feel very weighted down sometimes.”

Source : Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.
“I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.”
“The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.”

Source : Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman (1989). “Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage”, p.119, Cambridge University Press
“It is an odd fact that what we now know of the mental and emotional life of infants surpasses what we comprehend about adolescents. . . . That they do not confide in us is hardly surprising. They use wise discretion in disguising themselves with the caricatures we design for them. And unfortunately for us, as for them, too often adolescents retain the caricatured personalities they had merely meant to try on for size.”
“Trust me: I dont wish I was a New Zealander.”
“The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten.”

Source : "England happy to wait until they can step out from All Blacks' shadow" by Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2017.

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