"My sheets had never been so clean as they had in the past few months. I hardly got them on again before something else happened and I was feverishly ripping them off and stuffing them in the wash with double amounts of soap and all the "extra" buttons pushed: extra wash, extra rinse, extra water, extra spin, extra protection against things that go bump in the night."

-- Robin McKinley

#Past Quotes #Night Quotes #Water Quotes

“Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon”

Source : Peter Lynch (2012). “Beating the Street”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“I took it to heart that in order to be a good person; you never said anything mean about anybody.”
“In the past, people worked together only when some great disaster threatened.”
“Some people fear seeing or feeling anything about which there is no general agreement. For others, it is thrilling to be aware of innuendo, shading, complexity.”

Source : Deena Metzger (2009). “Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou”, p.7, Harper Collins
“I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness”
“Play is the way that human beings learn about the world. That's how we discover how things work.”
“In Africa we having a saying, 'If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.' ...Before I go back home, I want you to consider us, Katie. Ponder what it would be like if we went together. Not alone and fast but together and far.”
“You are here to step into the shoes of UN ambassadors - to draft resolutions, to plot strategy, to negotiate with your allies as well as your adversaries. Your goal may be to resolve a conflict, to cope with a natural disaster or to bring nations together on an issue like climate change. You may be playing a role, but you are also preparing for life. You are acting as global citizens.”

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