"Shall hope prevail where clamorous hate is rife, Shall sweet love prosper or high dreams have place Amid the tumult of reverberant strife 'Twixt ancient creeds, 'twixt race and ancient race, That mars the grave, glad purposes of life, Leaving no refuge save thy succoring face?"

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Source : Shiri R. Bakshi, Sarojini Naidu, Bishamber D. Yadav (1990). “Struggle for independence: Indian freedom fighters. Sarojini Naidu”

Sarojini Naidu

#Dream Quotes #Hope Quotes #Sweet Quotes

“I finally reached the point where I knew I had to become involved or shut up.”
“It was always so hot, and everyone was so polite, and everything was all surface but underneath it was like a bomb waiting to go off. I always felt that way about the South, that beneath the smiles and southern hospitality and politeness were a lot of guns and liquor and secrets.”

Source : James McBride (2006). “The Color of Water 10th Anniversary Edition”, p.70, Penguin
“My mother really didn't know a heck of a lot about business. She was a very good mother, that made sure we ate right and we had our cod liver oil, but didn't know a heck of a lot about what I did.”
“I think that's actually what draws me to family stories: the various roles we each play with each member of our families, and how different they can be from who we are with our friends and partners and lovers. I'm endlessly fascinated by how we navigate these family dynamics; they are the dramas each of us live out day after day, often in ways we don't even realize.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.”

Source : James A. Michener (2007). “Chesapeake”, p.278, Ballantine Books
“It's a lot easier to complete a maze if you start at the end.”
“Take just ONE minute today and look around you and within you and try for just that minute to understand the utterly amazing miracle and incredible perfection and beauty you are experiencing and observing!”

Source : FaceBook post by John Assaraf from Jan 07, 2012
“I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time.”

Source : "PETER STRAUB: Connoisseur of Fear". Interview with Paula Guran, www.darkecho.com. June, 1997.

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