"Those whose hearts are pure are temples of the Holy Spirit."

-- Saint Lucy

#Faith Quotes #Inspiration Quotes #Heart Quotes

“No one understands eternity. One simply recognizes its existence.”
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”

Source : Janet Frame (1980). “Faces in the water”
“It is absurd for anyone to think that Soviet "Marxism" is a correct application of the thought of Karl Marx. No doubt Soviet propaganda represented it this way. But who believes Soviet propaganda? It is remarkable (but maybe not so remarkable after all, when you consider their motives) that apologists for capitalism, who would not accept Soviet propaganda on any other point, are eager to agree with it on this point.”
“I think it goes hand in hand because if you discipline yourself on the floor, as you become an older player or a more seasoned individual, it adds structure in your life.”
“You can't hold on to a grievance and be happy. Time to make a choice!”
“Faced with a time shortage, we squeeze tasks into the nooks and crannies of our calendar, leaving less and less time to switch between them. As a result, we become less and less productive exactly when we need to be most productive.”
“Everything necessary to understand my grandfather lies between two stories: the story of the tigerâ€™s wife, and the story of the deathless man. These stories run like secret rivers through all the other stories of his life â€“ of my grandfatherâ€™s days in the army; his great love for my grandmother; the years he spent as a surgeon and a tyrant of the University. One, which I learned after his death, is the story of how my grandfather became a man; the other, which he told to me, is of how he became a child again.”

Source : Tea Obreht (2011). “The Tiger's Wife”, p.15, Hachette UK
“I don't want to freak you out, but I think I may be the voice of my generation.”

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