"Hey, look at this!" He holds up a glistening, perfect pearl about the size of a pea. "You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls," he says earnestly to Finnick. "No, it doesn't," says Finnick dismissively. But I crack up, remembering that's how a clueless Effie Trinket presented us to the people of the Capitol last year, before anyone knew us. As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Beauty that arose out of pain."

-- Suzanne Collins

#Pain Quotes #Clueless Quotes #Years Quotes

“A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.”
“Jealousy... is a mental cancer.”
“Gay actors have been playing straight since Euripides.”

Source : "'Mad Men' Star Brian Batt Stands Up for Gay Actors" by Sheila Marikar, abcnews.go.com. May 13, 2010.
“We need to cultivate hearts that are ready to change, ready to be mounded and shaped by the loving hands of God as we offer ourselves wholeheartedly in worship.”
“A lot of times people have you pegged for what you are, and that's what you are and need to stay in. Going from an actress into my true passion for other people, it may seem kind of backwards.”

Source : Source: youknowigotsoul.com
“Is it possible to be nostalgic about old fears?”

Source : 1992 English Music, ch.1.
“The whole being of any Christian is faith and love. Faith brings the person to God, love brings the person to people.”
“What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.”

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