"In so many things, growth comes from adversity."

-- Michael Huffington

#Adversity Quotes #Growth Quotes

“My phone buzzes. Itâ€™s from Karou: a list of conversation openers that I wonâ€™t be needing. â€”a) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. Iâ€™m actually a marionette brought to life by the Blue Fairy, and the only way I can gain a soul is if a human falls in love with me. Help a puppet out? â€”b) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. The touch of my lips imparts immortality. Just sayinâ€™. â€”c) Hi. Iâ€™m Zuzana. I think I might like you.”
“I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain.”

Source : Seth Grahame-Smith, Jane Austen, Roberto Parada (2009). “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance--now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem”, p.109, Chronicle Books
“I feel passionately about how I express myself. Language is the greatest motivating force. You can phrase something positively and inspire people to do their best, or negatively and make them feel worried, uncertain, and self-conscious. You can talk at a fast pace and people will get nervous, feel afraid to bring up extraneous thoughts. But those are the very thoughts that might be most important! They might represent that person's best thinking. If you're rushed, you're simply not going to get at that extra level of thinking.”
“I'm using the afterlife as a backdrop against which to explore the joys and complexities of being human - it turns out that it's a great lens with which to understand what matters to us.”
“Since there my past life lies, why alter it?”
“I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.”
“Whether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant.”

Source : "A gag full of holes". www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2007.
“Renewal requires opening yourself up to new ways of thinking and feeling”

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