"I know all about you," Char announced after we'd taken a few more steps. "You do? How could you?" "Your cook and our cook meet at the market. She talks about you." He looked sideways at me. "Do you know much about me?"

-- Gail Carson Levine

#Taken Quotes #Steps Quotes #Sideways Quotes

“It's time for Black people to stop playing the separating game of geography, of where the slave ship put us down. We must concentrate on where the slave ship picked us up.”
“The best thing about being Catholic is that you're a part of something bigger than yourself and you're a part of the community that's been there for 2000 years and it'll be there till the end of time.”
“When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.”
“In fact, the converse is true: At a time when the United States has been called on for a level of moral leadership, vision and inspiration not seen since World War II, we cannot afford to dissemble about crimes against humanity.”
“I made my first mix tape when I was 14. I used to play basketball and ride bikes, but I think I just latched onto music because I figured I could be really good at it on my own.”
“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.”

Source : "Life In the Open Sea". Book by William M. Stephens (p. 21), 1972.
“My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesnâ€™t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so Iâ€™m agnostic.”
“You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.”

Source : Edna Buchanan (2014). “Act of Betrayal: A Britt Montero Mystery - Book Four”, p.193, Diversion Books

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