"They say that lightning never strikes in the same place twice, but the same is not true for courage. As it turns out, when courage strikes, it almost always begets more courage."

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Source : Kathi Appelt (2013). “The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

Kathi Appelt

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“The Force- always may it be with you.”
“First yoga deals with health, strength and conquest of the body. Next, it lifts the veil of difference between the body and the mind. Lastly, it leads the Sadhaka to peace and unalloyed purity.”
“Picasso says that an artists paints not to ask a question but because he has found something and he wants to shareâ€”he cannot help itâ€”what he has found.”
“A person who learns to juggle six balls will be more skilled than the person who never tries to juggle more than three.”
“True genius doesn't fulfill expectations, it shatters them.”

Source : Arlene Croce (2003). “Writing in the Dark, Dancing in The New Yorker: An Arlene Croce Reader”, p.48, Macmillan
“The problem with life is, by the time you can read women like a book, your library card has expired.”
“The prosecution responsible for the many discrepancies in their work must be made to answer for them, for Raffaele's sake, my sake and most especially for the sake of Meredith's family. Our hearts go out to them. No matter what happens, my family and I will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity.”

Source : Amanda Knox Retrial: "Italian Court Rules To Re-Hear Murder Case" by Chris Rogers, hollywoodlife.com. March 26, 2013.
“The interpretations of science do not give us this intimate sense of objects as the interpretations of poetry give it; they appeal to a limited faculty, and not to the whole man. It is not Linnaeus or Cavendish or Cuvier who gives us the true sense of animals, or water, or plants, who seizes their secret for us, who makes us participate in their life; it is Shakspeare [sic] â€¦ Wordsworth â€¦ Keats â€¦ Chateaubriand â€¦ Senancour.”

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