"When everyone drowns and I'm the only one to escape, God is protecting me. When everyone else is saved and I'm the only one to drown, God is protecting me then too."

-- Nikos Kazantzakis

“The unmarried woman seldom escapes a widowhood of the spirit. There is sure to be some one, parent, brother, sister, friend, more comfortable to her than the day, with whom her life is so entwined that the wrench of parting leaves a torn void never entirely healed or filled.”

Source : Charlotte Mary Yonge (2015). “Delphi Complete Novels of Charlotte Mary Yonge (Illustrated)”, p.8801, Delphi Classics
“[picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING!....[casual passerby:] "Cogito ergo your ass"....”
“The essential quality of life is living' the essential quality of living is change; change is evolution; and we are part of it.”

Source : John Wyndham (1958). “The chrysalids”
“There's only one thing a bully respected: bigger bully.”
“Thinking of Plan B muddies up your chances of succeeding at Plan A.”
“Your words can permanently influence a life.”
“If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't any arguments or curses like in the movies. See, your murderers come with smiles, they come as your friends, the people who've cared for you all of your life. And they always seem to come at a time that you're at your weakest and most in need of their help.”
“There were some problems only coffee and ice cream could fix.”

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