"Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots form, nearly always in adolescence."

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Source : Edgar Z. Friedenberg (1965). “Coming of Age in America”

Edgar Friedenberg

#Teenage Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“For Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure, Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh; but in what shape they choose Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their airy purposes, And works of love or enmity fulfil.”
“I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“You never know what your opportunities are going to be.”
“But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.”
“I like 'Donnie Darko;' it's a cool take on dreams and sleep.”
“If I could play any superhero, I'd probably want to play Wonder Woman. She's pretty awesome.”

Source : "Fiona Gubelmann Interview WILFRED". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 16, 2011.
“Is there something in trade that desiccates and flattens out, that turns men into dried leaves at the age of forty? Certainly there is. It is not due to trade but to intensity of self-seeking, combined with narrowness of occupation. Business has destroyed the very knowledge in us of all other natural forces except business.”
“Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength.”

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