"and when he moved it was like watching oil spread across a lake, smooth and fluid, almost vicious"

-- Madeline Miller

#Lakes Quotes #Oil Quotes #Smooth Quotes

“Things are different in the fantasy world Towels are different in the fantasy world Shows are different in the fantasy world Dancing's different in the fantasy world Unicorns No, they're the same Everything's different in the fantasy world”
“They can't find my house now because I keep it very quiet where I live.”
“My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, 'So. . .you're black.”
“People have had certain Âassumptions in the past about ÂConservative governments, partly because of some of the things that happened in the 1980s, and partly because of the tone of some of the debate in the 1980s that appeared to say public spending on the arts was something you might want to progressively Âreduce.”
“Do what you can't and experience the beauty of the mistakes you make.”

Source : Daniel H. Pink (2006). “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future”, p.133, Penguin
“In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.”
“Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.”
“For most folks, no news is good news; for the press, good news is not news.”

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