"It's been months since I last wrote. I've lived in a state of mental slumber, leading the life of someone else. I've felt, very often, a vicarious happiness. I haven't existed. I've been someone else. I've lived without thinking."

-- Fernando Pessoa

#Thinking Quotes #Months Quotes #Slumber Quotes

“Life itself is dispare, so we must make darkness our ally”
“Invest three percent of your income in yourself (self-development) in order to guarantee your future.”
“When she set Shaneâ€™s glass of Coke down in front of him, she did it with probably a little too much emphasis; he glanced up at her with a question-mark expression.[...] â€˜â€˜What?â€™â€™ Shane asked her, and took a drink. â€˜â€˜Did I forget to say thanks? Because, thanks. Best Coke ever. Did you make it yourself? Special recipe?”
“I don't know how you keep the world record holder off your team.”
“Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean, of course, that we should dismiss it as artificial or insincere. All aristocracies have a strong military tradition, and for many British patricians the protracted warfare of the period was a godsend. It gave them a job, and, more important, a purpose, an opportunity to carry out what they had been trained to do since childhood: ride horses, fire guns, exercise their undoubted physical courage and tell other people what to do.”
“For, so long as there are interesting books to read, it seems to me that neither I nor anyone else, for that matter, need be unhappy.”

Source : Selma Lagerlöf (1975). “Memories of my childhood: further years at Mårbacka”, Kraus Reprint. Co.
“My favorite album would have to be Rocket To Russia. I feel this album has the most classic Ramones songs.”
“When you're an only child, you get very used to pleasing the adults around you.”

Source : "Rachel Bloom Upends Romantic Comedy Tropes On 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. January 17, 2017.

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