"It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling..."

-- V. S. Naipaul

#Views Quotes #World Quotes #Mischief Quotes

“I could live a thousand years and still not know everything, still not have tried anything.”
“In silence, we are better able to listen to and understand ourselves; ideas come to birth and acquire depth... Deeper reflection helps us to discover the links between events that at first sight seem unconnected... For this to happen, it is necessary to develop an appropriate environment, a kind of 'eco-system' that maintains a just equilibrium between silence, words, images and sounds.”
“We must confront the world now with an ethics to make it tremble, and with a dynamic to give it hope”
“Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly.”
“I am on the longest, craziest journey of my life and loving every minute of it! Who would have known a few plants would take you around the world!”
“Even now, I have traces of the good little girl. When I am not performing, for instance, I am really very quiet and ordinary.”
“You rarely win, but sometimes you do.”
“Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune.”

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