"History counts its skeletons in round numbers. A thousand and one remains a thousand, as though the one had never existed: an imaginary embryo, an empty cradle, ... emptiness running down steps toward the garden, nobody's place in line."

-- Wislawa Szymborska

#Running Quotes #War Quotes #Garden Quotes

“InherÂent qualÂity is part of absolute qualÂity and withÂout it things will appear shoddy. The users may not know why, but they always senseÂ it.”
“You took a quarter century off my age with that kidnapping stunt. No more going off with a strange men, hear me? -"You're a strange man." I'm your strange man.”
“The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung to this single, illusory belief that we've almost forgotten the real truth about happiness. So busy are we trying to deserve happiness that we no longer have much time for ideas such as: Happiness is natural, happiness is a birthright, happiness is free, happiness is a choice, happiness is within, and happiness is being. The moment you believe that happiness has to be deserved, you must toil forevermore.”
“Terry Bradshaw couldn’t spell ‘cat’ if you spotted him the ‘C’ and the ‘A’.”

Source : Thomas Henderson (1988). “Out of Control”, Pocket
“Common sense meant once something very different from that plain wisdom, the common heritage of men, which we now call by this name.”

Source : Richard Chenevix Trench (1873). “A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from Their Present”, p.49
“We live in a time where improv is king and people love improv, and I think there's a time and a place for that and people who are really good at structuring improv.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.”
“When we die, these are the stories still on our lips. The stories weâ€™ll only tell strangers, someplace private in the padded cell of midnight. These important stories, we rehearse them for years in our head but never tell. These stories are ghosts, bringing people back from the dead. Just for a moment. For a visit. Every story is a ghost.”

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