"Itâ€™s still there, same as it ever was. But we see it differently as we get older."

-- Paul J. McAuley

“Try to overcome your doubt. Believe you are beautiful. Look at yourself through someone else's green eyes. Believe someone out there will find you and kiss your skin until you can feel it blister with the heat. Believe in something bigger than your problems and you will be saved.”
“...but it doesn't feel crazy to us. It feels like what we do.”

Source : Sharon Creech (2009). “Heartbeat”, p.14, Harper Collins
“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.”

Source : Gravity's Rainbow episode 28 (1973)
“Some brave chrysanthemums still stood in the country gardens, but they looked like bedraggled survivors of a battle, barely able to hold their tattered banners upright. October was at the gates and autumn was in full retreat.”
“to be civilized is to be incapable of giving unnecessary offense, it is to have some quality of consideration for all who cross our path.”
“One of the biggest and most pleasant surprises is that, even when you have that need to keep up an appearance of being right or knowing, there is life after admitting you don't know and that's beautiful.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“A man is great by deeds, not by birth.”
“The cardinal rule for hosting the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants is to expect the unexpected.”

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