"The hotel was once where things coalesced, where you could meet both townspeople and travelers. Not so in a motel. No matter how you build it, the motel remains the haunt of the quick and dirty, where the only locals are Chamber of Commerce boys every fourth Thursday. Who ever heard the returning traveler exclaim over one of the great motels of the world he stayed in? Motels can be big, but never grand."

-- William Least Heat-Moon

#Dirty Quotes #Boys Quotes #World Quotes

“You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear through all eternity.”
“It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life.”
“A discovery is generally an unforeseen relation not included in theory.”
“The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.”
“The classic relationship with grass that early hippies had was that it's better shared with friends. You can't really get high with a bad attitude. Kindness and sweetness exhilarates your stone. Stolen grass doesn't get you as high. The old hippie ethic really counts”
“Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.”
“It is more rewarding to resolve a conflict than to dissolve a relationship.”

Source : Josh McDowell, Ed Stewart (2000). “Resolving Conflict”, p.32, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I read two mysteries a day when I was a kid. All of Agatha Christie, all of 'Sherlock Holmes.' I've seen every single British detective show ever made.”

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