"Writing, painting, singing -- it cannot stop everything. Cannot halt death in its tracks. But perhaps it can make the pause between death's footsteps sound and look and feel beautiful, can make the space of waiting a place where you can linger without as much fear. For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey there between footsteps makes up our lives."

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Source : Ally Condie (2012). “Reached”, p.275, Penguin

Ally Condie

#Beautiful Quotes #Writing Quotes #Journey Quotes

“There's a bit of ancient wisdom that appeals to us: it's a saying that a fight starts only with the second blow.”
“There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.”
“He said that if culture is a house, then language was the key to the front door; to all the rooms inside. Without it, he said, you ended up wayward, without a proper home or a legitimate identity.”
“When I meet a couple, I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal they are, because I know that will impact on how much I'm prepared to trust them.”
“Nobody says if you hit No. 2 in the world you have to win all your matches.”
“I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.”
“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”
“We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.”

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