"It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable."

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Source : James Ramsey Ullman (1988). “Banner in the sky”

James Ramsey Ullman

#Pain Quotes #Block Quotes #Men Quotes

“I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.”

Source : "Cuba, Cognac, and Cachao with Andy Garcia". Interview with Allyson Shiffman, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 16, 2013.
“They were the triumphant and insolent possessors; they had a hall, and a fire, and food and clothing and money, and so they might preach to hungry men, and the hungry men must be humble and listen. They were trying to save their souls- and who but a fool could fail to see that all that was the matter with their souls was that they had not managed to get a decent existence for their bodies?”
“You take delight not in a city's seven or seventy wonders, but in the answer it gives to a question of yours.”
“You can shoot and edit a movie from your iPhone and upload it to YouTube. Of course, what's not universal is talent. Are you making anything that anyone really should see?”
“Luck can often mean simple taking advantage of a situation at the right moment, It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.”
“Honey is hydrating and antiseptic. It really clears your skin, and its moisturizing. You can use it every day if you want. Its so gentle.”
“Never have doubted it, even when the plane crash happened. I wasn't mad at God. I just knew that there was a reason that I didn't know about why it happened.”
“Day by day, tiny specks of us float away.”

Source : Roger Housden (2014). “Keeping the Faith Without a Religion”, p.56, Sounds True

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