"I believe we have an utterly unique specimen on our hands: a child who listens."

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Catherynne M. Valente

#Children Quotes #Believe Quotes #Unique Quotes

“As always the thought of his own death calmed him as much as that of others disturbed him: was it perhaps because, when all was said and done, his own death would in the first place mean that of the whole world?”

Source : Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1960). “The Leopard”, Pantheon Books
“Growing up as a kid, there were so many people that I disliked, I daydreamed about hurting them. Hell just seemed like a good place for all of them to go. Unfortunately, I don't believe it exists.”
“Self-sufficiency is both a good and an absolute good.”
“Approaching the stove, she would don a voluminous apron, toss some meat on a platter, empty a skillet of its perfectly cooked a point vegetables, sprinkle a handful of chopped parsley over all, and then, like a proficient striptease artist, remove the apron, allowing it to fall to the floor with a shake of her hips.”
“A house is never still in darkness to those who listen intently; there is a whispering in distant chambers, an unearthly hand presses the snib of the window, the latch rises. Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.”
“Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.”

Source : Samuel Rogers (1856). “Poetical works”, p.221
“If you want something badly enough, you make arrangements. If you don't want it badly enough, you make excuses.”
“Each moment is magical, precious and complete and will never exist again. We forget that now is the moment we are in, that the next one isn't guaranteed. And if we are blessed with another moment, any joy, creativity or wisdom it brings will ensue from the way we live in the present one.”

Source : Susan L. Taylor (2010). “Lessons in Living”, p.74, Anchor

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