"God, the boring relative everyone ignores--no one calls, no one writes--until they need a serious favor."

--

Marisha Pessl

#Writing Quotes #Favors Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.”
“Acting is a youthful profession.”
“At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself.”
“God is looking for willing hearts... God has no favorites. You do not have to be special, but you have to be available.”
“I mean, I was first offered Princess Astra.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“It's about ethical. It's about leading from the front, and it's kind of hard to look at people and say hey, listen, we need to cut back or it may cost you more money - if you're not willing to do the same thing.”
“In China there was once a man who liked pictures of dragons, and his clothing and furnishings were all designed accordingly. His deep affection for dragons was brought to the attention of the dragon god, and onde day a real dragon appeared before his window. It is said that he died of fright. He was probably a man who always spoke big words but acted differently when facing the real thing.”

Source : Yamamoto Tsunetomo (2012). “Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai”, p.24, Shambhala Publications
“I want the stark beauty that a lens can so exactly render presented without interference of artistic effect.”

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