"The thunder of false modesty was deafening."

-- Sebastian Faulks

#Modesty Quotes #Thunder Quotes

“There are certain pictures I can never take. We turn on the TV and are smothered with cruelty and suffering and I don't need to add to it. So I just photograph peaceful things. A vase of flowers, a beautiful girl. Sometimes, through a peaceful face, I can bring something important into the world.”
“Once a musician has enough ability to get into a top music school, the thing that distinguishes one performer from another is how hard he or she works. That's it. And what's more, the people at the very top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.”
“If you're going to read minds, start with a simple one.”

Source : Richard Peck (2002). “A Year Down Yonder”, p.31, Penguin
“Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within.”
“If Sara had been a boy and lived a few centuries ago, her father used to say, 'she would have gone about the country with her sword drawn, rescuing and defending everyone in distress. She always wants to fight when she sees people in trouble.”
“Inside Juniorâ€™s it was peaceful. I can change that, I thought dryly,”
“I hate it when they say, �He gave his life for his country.� They don�t die for the honor and glory of their country. We kill them.”
“SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND. DON'T BE WILLING TO ACCEPT AN ORDINARY LIFE.”

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