"Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was none of those things, he said, and it had to be fought for."

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Source : Colum McCann (2009). “Let The Great World Spin”, p.128, Bloomsbury Publishing

Colum McCann

#People Quotes #Matter Quotes #Sentimental Quotes

“My idea of paradise is a straight line to goal”
“Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here ... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world ...”

Source : Colin Thubron (2009). “Shadow of the Silk Road”, p.2, Harper Collins
“The recent market run-up that appreciated run-of-the- mill shares also chanced to send up those token gold holdings. Pure luck, undeserved and unlikely to reoccur. Good questions outrank easy answers.”
“Why is everyone trying to tell me that when you get older it gets better?”
“The universe is wired with the electricity of God, & each of us is a lamp. It doesn't matter the size or shape of the lamp; it only matters that the lamp is plugged in. With every prayer, every thought of forgiveness, every meditation, every act of love, we plug in. The more of us who plug in, to more the darkness of the world will be cast from our midst. Today, let's all increase love's wattage!”
“No man can instruct more than half-a-dozen students at once. The whole problem of education is one of its cost in money.”
“To be a queen of a household is a powerful thing.”
“One creature's truth is another's lie. (Scroom of Strix Struma)”

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