"My real log is written in the sea and sky; the sails talking with the rain and the stars amid the sounds of the sea, the silences full of secret things between my boat and me, like the times I spent as a child listening to the forest talk."

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Source : Bernard Moitessier (1995). “The Long Way”, p.86, Rowman & Littlefield

Bernard Moitessier

#Stars Quotes #Children Quotes #Real Quotes

“All great roads are paved with uncomfortable memories.”

Source : Amy Neftzger (2013). “The Orphanage of Miracles: The Kingdom Wars: Book One”, p.25, Field of Gold Publishing, Inc.
“People aren't just ants rushing around over a crust of bread. Every life, no matter how isolated, touches hundreds of others. It's up to us to decide if those micro connections are positive or negative. But whichever we decide, it does impact the ones we deal with. One word can give someone the strength they needed at that moment or it can shred them down to nothing. A single smile can turn a bad moment good. And one wrong outburst or word could be the tiny push that causes someone to slip over the edge into destruction.”

Source : Sherrilyn Kenyon (2012). “Infamous: Chronicles of Nick”, p.244, Macmillan
“I like the idea of being alone. I like the idea of often being alone in all aspects of my life. I like to feel lonely. I like to need things.”
“Noting his mother's visit to Las Vegas the weekend before she died. She got to go to heaven four days early.”
“Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with passion.”

Source : "Don’t Fuck Up the Culture" by Brian Chesky, medium.com. April 20, 2014.
“Technology is very important; it enables connection to one another, which is essential.”

Source : Source: forums.juniper.net
“I just love where I am right now in my career. I love country music. I don't ever feel restricted by the genre. I've been able to have a solid career that we've built one step at a time and a family. I know that I'm in a good place.”
“There is nothing more terrorizing than the possibility that nothing is hidden. There is nothing more scandalous than a happy marriage”

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