"Out of the corner of one eye, I could see my mother. Out of the corner of the other eye, I could see her shadow on the wall, cast there by the lamplight. It was a big and solid shadow, and it looked so much like my mother that I became frightened. For I could not be sure whether for the rest of my life I would be able to tell when it was really my mother and when it was really her shadow standing between me and the rest of the world."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Mother Quotes #Wall Quotes #Eye Quotes

“Our generation may stand at a crucial breakpoint in history, for we in the presently affluent nations may be the last who can afford to open up the high frontier. What we do during the next ten or twenty years may determine whether future generations will live in a humane and rewarding society, or whether they will spend their lives in desperate contention for the dwindling sustenance afforded by our limited terrestrial resources.”
“I have so many great friends, so many great memories, so many great pictures, so many great songs, so many great relationships with people. I definitely feel, for the last 15 years, that I spent my time very wisely. And that's a great thing to be able to look back at.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
“That word, fan, has always kind of bothered me”
“Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most non-allied.”

Source : The New York Times, July 06, 1973.
“As my Sicilian grandfather used to say, you get more flies with honey than with vinegar, right?”
“You really should do some research for a change instead of just listening to the voices in your head.”

Source : John Ringo (2013). “There Will be Dragons, Second Edition”, p.15, Baen Publishing Enterprises
“Patriotism does not oblige us to acquiesce in the destruction of liberty. Patriotism obliges us to question it, at least.”
“A few of these interviews have gone slightly awry, because every now and again there has been the odd conflict of interest between interviews because of the Iron Maiden record, and I am a bit long-winded.”

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