"What we expect rarely occurs; what we don't expect is what happens."

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Source : Holly Goldberg Sloan (2013). “Counting by 7s”, p.138, Penguin

Holly Goldberg Sloan

“grumbling, as things are at present arranged in this world, does not always, nor I might say often, do good ...”
“Language allows us to reach out to people, to touch them with our innermost fears, hopes, disappointments, victories. To reach out to people we'll never meet. It's the greatest legacy you could ever leave your children or your loved ones: The history of how you felt.”

Source : Simon Van Booy (2009). “Love Begins in Winter: Five Stories”, HarperCollins
“What the Net does is shift the emphasis of our intelligence, away from what might be called a meditative or contemplative intelligence and more toward what might be called a utilitarian intelligence. The price of zipping among lots of bits of information is a loss of depth in our thinking.”

Source : "The Internet Will Make You Smarter, Say Experts". www.reuters.com. February 20, 2010.
“"Thanks be to God," says the Admiral, "the air is soft as in April in Seville, and it is a pleasure to be in it, so fragrant it is."”
“Care draws on care, woe comforts woe again, Sorrow breeds sorrow, on grief brings forth twain.”

Source : Michael Drayton (1753). “The Works of Michael Drayton, Esq”, p.358
“If you will make the sacrifices now that most people aren't willing to make, later on you will be able to live as those folks will never be able to live.”
“I've got the moves like Jagger.”
“I don't believe in right-angled turning points.”

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