"A split second later, my life flashed before my eyes, and I came to one important conclusion about it. It was fun while it lasted."

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Darynda Jones

#Fun Quotes #Eye Quotes #Important Quotes

“For better or worse, I tend to do a lot of thinking in my poems. But lately I've been trying to pay more attention to when and where I do that thinking, to be attentive to the settings in which meditation takes place. Sometimes the disconnect between the mind and the world is itself revealing, but in 'The Whole World Is Gone,' I think the setting deeply complements, indeed elicits and allows, a certain set of realizations to occur.”
“My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!”
“How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my mouth goes dry whenever she's near. It's getting so bad, all I have to do is see her and I'm already thinking, 'What does she want? What can I do for her?' She's got some power over me, there's no question, and what else could it be? ~Razo”
“Yes. The way people behave, the paradoxes, the contradictions. All these things we have to live with and still pretend that everything is only black or white. That, I think, is the most interesting thing in human nature. The fact that we have to do one thing and pretend something else. Thatâ€™s when it becomes very interesting. If you can literally speak the way you feel, then itâ€™s not interesting anymore. Itâ€™s when you have to lie that it becomes interesting.”
“The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world.”
“I always feel pressure. If you don't feel nervous, that means you don't care about how you play. I care about how I perform. I've always said the day I'm not nervous playing is the day I quit.”
“I tell my kids in the Academy at Newcastle to watch Henry. He plays with such a swagger, not an arrogance, and that is a great quality. He always looks so comfortable. You talk about cars going from 0 to 60 in a matter of seconds, and he is like that. He just explodes. I could sit there for hours and watch him.”
“Everyday decision-making around the world is constantly based on what came before us.”

Source : "Why Preserving History Matters" by Steve Berry, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

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