"I, the lone inhabitant of my body and life, am inescapably large to myself, but also ridiculously, inconceivably small."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Maggie Shipstead

#Body Quotes #Lone Quotes

“I know that I can sing really loud. It's like having that really big Evinrude engine on the back of your fishing boat. But I've been trying to be more dynamic with my voice, and not just singing on 10 all of the time out of terror.”

Source : "Neko Case Surges Forward with 'Flood'". "Morning Edition" with Ashley Kahn, www.npr.org. March 28, 2006.
“One can only know as much as one has lived to know, though it is certainly possible to learn a great deal less than this.”

Source : Saladin Ahmed (2012). “Throne of the Crescent Moon”, p.69, Penguin
“Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement.”
“The most powerful State in the world, which up to now was relatively protected from terrorist violence, is no longer an inviolable sanctuary.”
“Whoever wants to be a Christian should tear the eyes out of his reason.”
“I can remain thoughtfully thoughtless, It is not an empty mind.”
“"Don't worry too much about how spiritually poor you are_God sees that,but for you it is expected to trust in God and pray to Him as best you can,never to fall into despair and to struggle according to your strength.If you ever begin to think you are spiritually_"well off"_then you can know for sure that you aren't!True spiritual life,even on the most elementary level,is always accompanied by suffering and difficulties.Therefore you should rejoice in all your difficulties and sorrows."”
“If you want to be happy, be happy.”

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