"Just as, in travel, one may miss seeing the sunset because one cannot find the ticket-office or is afraid of missing the train, so in even the closest human relationships a vast amount of time and of affection is drained away in minor misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and failures in consideration or understanding."

-- Iris Origo

#Sunset Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Office Quotes

“I robbed them, and I killed them as cold as ice, and I would do it again, and I know I would kill another person because I've hated humans for a long time.”
“You're girls!' he shouted as if the fact had totally eluded him until then.”
“We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.”
“Was our life nothing more than a sequence of anonymous screams in a desert of indifferent stars?”

Source : Ernesto Sabato (2011). “The Tunnel”, p.48, Penguin UK
“There are different 'It' factors for different players. There are all kinds of different personalities of quarterbacks around the league, but there are a lot of good ones and they don't necessarily think and act alike. But I do think there are moments during games even on the collegiate level where you can see that this guys is something different, someone sees things differently, they see things a little bit quicker, they're a little bit more cognizant of what's going on. I think it's something like that.”
“Still, wouldn't you, even if entirely secure in your own sense of direction, be at least curious where others were heading, even as you struck out on your own ?”
“If you make someone feel guilty about their mistake, then you have not forgiven them. That guilt is itself punishment.”
“It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditional ways, the traditional values that our elders retain.”

Source : "I Am Not a Leader": Russell Means’ 1980 Mother Jones Cover Story, www.motherjones.com.

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