"You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never any substitute for those friendships of childhood that survive into adult years. Those are the ones in which we are bound to one another with hoops of steel."

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Source : FaceBook post by Alexander McCall Smith from Jul 15, 2011

Alexander McCall Smith

#Inspirational Life Quotes #Years Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“Things that bring out your emotions are what should be in theaters and in books. That's what art is. It makes you feel things.”
“Imposing limitations on yourself is cowardly because it protects you from having to try, and perhaps failing.”
“It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.”
“I'm basically always on tour.”
“We are all patchwork, and so shapeless and diverse in composition that each bit, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as between us and others”
“Sex as something beautiful may soon disappear. Once it was a knife so finely honed the edge was invisible until it was touched and then it cut deep. Now it is so blunt that it merely bruises and leaves ugly marks.”

Source : Mary Astor (1971). “A life on film”
“One corner of his mouth crooked up, then the quirk vanished in a thoughtful pursing of his lips. "He's bisexual, you know." He took a delicate sip of his wine. "Was bisexual," she corrected absently, looking fondly across the room. "Now he's monogamous." Vordarian choked, sputtering.”
“I want to keep improving, continue to help my teammates improve, make my teammates look good. Continue bringing something new to the game, never getting completely content and always trying to get better.”

Source : Source: bleacherreport.com

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