"Late, by myself, in the boat of myself, no light and no land anywhere, cloudcover thick. I try to stay just above the surface, yet I'm already under and living within the ocean."

-- Rumi

#Ocean Quotes #Land Quotes #Light Quotes

“So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.”

Source : Edward Sapir, Pierre Swiggers (2008). “General Linguistics”, p.264, Walter de Gruyter
“I think I've had a very privileged life.”
“And when we go to church, read our Bibles, have our quiet times, and go to Christian conferences, we too can build some impressive spiritual muscles, but unless we use those spiritual muscles to change our lives, build the church, love our neighbors, and care for the sick and the poor, we...are just posers. Let us not take God's truth for granted.”

Source : Richard Stearns, Reneé Stearns (2013). “He Walks Among Us: Encounters with Christ in a Broken World”, p.34, Thomas Nelson Inc
“For a whole historic period after World War II, US capitalism was the strongest in the world and could afford to concede rising living standards.”

Source : Source: www.socialistalternative.org
“Sarcasm, as it turned out--even when it was instinctive and quick--cut into the time one had to manufacture one's escape.”
“The surprise with which a detective novel concludes should set up tragic vibrations which run backward through the entire structure.”

Source : Ross Macdonald (1973). “On crime writing”
“Being on the road is like a campout. I'm the only girl. The guys in my band are like my big brothers. It's definitely an adventure, but it can be a nomadic lifestyle.”
“This is why people cry at the movies: because everybodyâ€™s doomed. No one in a movie can help themselves in any way. Their fate has already staked its claim on them from the moment they appear onscreen.”

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