"And if you decide not to read anymore, hey, no problem, because you're not the one I was waiting for anyway. But if you decide to read on, then guess what? You're my kind of time being and together we'll make magic!"

-- Ruth Ozeki

#Waiting Quotes #Magic Quotes #Together Quotes

“I want to be ripped apart by music. I want it to be something that feeds and replenishes, or that totally sucks the life out of you. I want to be dashed against the rocks.”
“He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.”
“The barbarians of Germany had felt, and still dreaded, the arms of the young Caesar; his soldiers were the companions of his victory; the grateful provincials enjoyed the blessings of his reign; but the favourites, who had opposed his elevation, were offended by his virtues; and they justly considered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court.”
“I'll let life take me where it will.”

Source : "Cannes 2012: Is Matthias Schoenaerts This Year's Jean Dujardin?". Interview with Rebecca Leffler, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 16, 2012.
“I have a God-given right to pursue happiness, and happiness to me is killing things, skinning them, plucking them, and then having a good meal. What makes me happy is going out and blowing a duck's head off.”
“But why?" "You heard the pay, right? And also, to be near you." Thumbing a tear from my cheek, he added, "Mostly, to be near you.”
“A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.”

Source : John Hodgman (2012). “More Information Than You Require”, p.268, Penguin
“The test of truth in life is not whether we can remember what we learned in school, but whether we are prepared for change.”

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