"It ain't the roads we take; it's what's inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do."

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Source : O. Henry (2006). “Selected Stories”, p.423, Penguin

O. Henry

#Way Quotes #Turns Quotes

“I've made lots of big decisions in my life that have shocked people.”

Source : "Kick-Ass Actor's Fiancée Defends Their 24-Year Age Gap" by Tim Nudd, people.com. April 27, 2010.
“Any old woman can love God better than a doctor of theology can.”
“Why will we struggle to attain, and strive, When all we gain is but an empty dream?-- Better, unto my thinking, doth it seem To end it all and let who will survive; To find at last all beauty is but dust; That love and sorrow are the very same; That joy is only suffering's sweeter name; And sense is but the synonym of lust. Far better, yea, to me it seems to die; To set glad lips against the lips of Death-- The only thing God gives that comforteth, The only thing we do not find a lie.”

Source : Madison Julius Cawein, “The Land Of Illusion”
“If I indulge myself and surrender to memory, I can still feel the knot of excitement that gripped me as I turned the corner into Rue Mimosas, looking for the house of Rene Magritte. It was August, 1965. I was 33 years old and about to meet the man whose profound and witty surrealist paintings had contradicted my assumptions about photography.”
“We are Jesus Christ's; we belong to him. But even more, we are increasingly him. He moves in and commandeers our hands and feet, requisitions our minds and tongues. We sense his rearranging: debris into the divine, pig's ear into silk purse. He repurposes bad decisions and squalid choices. Little by little, a new image emerges.”
“People seem generally happy to see their favorite world come to life, even if it it slightly changed to fit storytelling for television.”

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“Delusive hope still points to distant good.”
“Sometimes you're a little too close for comfort, and I think anybody can relate to that, whether you're in college or just moving out on your own.”

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