"Under certain circumstances the fateful decisions in life, sometimes even in matters of life and death, are made with an almost indifferent ease. While the little things-for instance, the way people hang on to what is over-seem so important."

-- Peter HÃ¸eg

#Life And Death Quotes #People Quotes #Decision Quotes

“There you are, diligently swimming a straight line, minding the form of your strokes, when you look up and see, always a shock, the currents you can't even feel have pulled you off course.”
“Alongside my 'no email' policy, I resolve to make better use of the wonderful Royal Mail, and send letters and postcards to people. There is a huge pleasure in writing a letter, putting it in an envelope and sticking the stamp on it. And huge pleasure in receiving real letters, too.”
“You are a sick, sick man,â€ I told him. â€œThank you,â€ Ben replied, looking modest.”
“He reads histories and mythologies and fairy tales, wondering why it seems that only girls are ever swept away from their mundane lives on farms by knights or princes or wolves. It strikes him as unfair to not have the same fanciful opportunity himself. And he is not in the position to do any rescuing of his own.”
“I was actually lost in Beirut on the way home.”
“We want the world to focus on children whose lives have been devastated by AIDS. The millions of children who are missing their parents; their childhood, their future but most importantly, they are missing YOU. Everyone can make a real difference. Your voice is needed in a global movement that can change their world.”
“The pictures are everywhere. If you're open, they will find you.”

Source : Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.58, New Riders
“The peace of God is not the absence of fear. It, in fact, is His presence.”

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