"How often had that hydrant even been opened? Did you jet water through a car window, what, twice at best? Summer burned just a few afternoons long, in the end. As for flying, Dose never even glanced at the sky. Flying was a summer within a summer, a whim. So why think of it at all?"

-- Jonathan Lethem

#Summer Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Sky Quotes

“Of course, it does depend on the people, but sometimes I'm invited places to kind of brighten up a dinner table like a musician who'll play the piano after dinner, and I know you're not really invited for yourself. You're just an ornament.”
“Of course Iâ€™m going to learn from the greatsâ€”Ronnie Lott, Ed Reed, Troy Polamalu. But thereâ€™s a lot of unfinished work they didnâ€™t do. I want to be the standard. I want to redefine what it means to be a safety.”
“The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution.”
“Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.”
“I am perhaps a late follower of Zoroaster and I believe that the foundation of life is built upon the struggle between the two opposing forces of Good and Evil.”
“Very few recordings exist in which Hitler can be heard speaking normally. But in those that do exist, it's evident he possessed quite a warm, calm voice. It's a completely different tone from what he used in his public appearances.”
“Change is the hallmark of nature. Nothing remains the same.”

Source : Alan Weisman (2012). “The World Without Us”, p.128, Random House
“Stress comes from trying to achieve, trying to do something, trying to keep up with the events of the world, the speed of the world, and trying to accomplish, to produce results.”

Source : Source: lovinglifeonearth.wordpress.com

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