"They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star â€” and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you."

-- Norton Juster

#Stars Quotes #Eye Quotes #Journey Quotes

“When you're a kid, you want to be a millionaire.”
“I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of high heels and suddenly they are 'style icons.'”
“Love is never static, but always evolving. Love is simultaneously random and ordered, so intangible and yet a part of everything, and when we attempt to limit it or categorize it, we get into trouble.”
“My parents from a very young age raised my sister and I under a pressure to achieve. Theyre both attorneys. So good marks, getting through university, there was a huge emphasis and pressure to do well and keep going.”
“Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2003). “Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel”, p.577, Macmillan
“What characterizes a poem is its necessary dependence on words as much as its struggle to transcend them.”
“One way to measure a particular doctor's openness and attitude toward women in general is simply to ask about the doctor's opinion of midwifery.”

Source : Marsden Wagner (2008). “Born in the USA: How a Broken Maternity System Must be Fixed to Put Women and Children First”, p.103, Univ of California Press
“Men are creatures with eight hands.”

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