"The path to survival was to never give up on the small things."

--

Source : Richard Flanagan (2014). “The Narrow Road to the Deep North: A novel”, p.184, Vintage

Richard Flanagan

#Giving Up Quotes #Survival Quotes #Path Quotes

“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”
“When I hear health professionals suggesting that you shouldn't worry about the balance of calories in versus calories out, but rather eat clean and follow your hunger instincts, well, I really just want to pinch their heads off. That's like a millionaire suggesting that instead of worrying about that's in your bank account, just listen to your shopping instincts and buy high-quality goods . . . weight loss is not magic. To a great extent, it's accounting.”

Source : Chalene Johnson (2017). “PUSH: 30 Days to Turbocharged Habits, a Bangin' Body, and the Life You Deserve!”, p.113, Rodale
“The leaf that spreads in the light is the only holiness there is. I haven't found holiness in the faiths of mortals, or in their music, not in their dreams: it's out in the open field, with the green rows looking at the sky. I don't know what it is, this holiness: but it's there, and it looks at the sky. Probably though this is some conditioning the Company installed to ensure I'd be a good botanist. Well, I grew up into a good one. Damned good.”
“Parents offer an open womb. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can kiss it, and make it well whentheir grown children need to regress and repair. More than anyone else in your life, mothers, and sometimes fathers, can catch you when you start to fall. When you are in disgrace, defeat, and despair, home may be the safest place to hide.”
“God is absence. God is the solitude of man.”
“Christmas is such a feel-good time of year, and despite what's going on, it's about love and it's about celebration and just the holidays in general. It's like, why can't we carry that through the rest of the year? Why does it have to be just now? Let's make the entire year a season of love.”

Source : Source: www.businessinsider.com
“From dear, dear Gloria Swanson, I learned how to live long, happy and free of health problems. I owe her my life.”
“We may never truly see the fruits of the labor.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com

You may also like:

Ali Smith
Writer
Baz Luhrmann
Film director
Eleanor Catton
Author
Joshua Ferris
Author
Karen Joy Fowler
Author
Marlon James
Novelist
Peter Carey
Novelist
Ronald Harwood
Author
Thomas Keneally
Novelist