"The sensation of falling into the past is not unlike that of coming home for the holidays."

-- Patrick O'Brian

#Fall Quotes #Home Quotes #Holiday Quotes

“I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.”
“As they used to say 'What if they gave a war and nobody came?' How worthwhile if they declared a day of peace and everybody came.”
“If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.”
“And this is something I must accept - even if, like acid on metal, it is slowly corroding me inside.”
“My role in life is that of the grain of sand to the oyster-it irritates the oyster and out comes a pearl.”
“The president doesn't get an automatic pay raise, so they can't freeze it for him. But it also does extend the pay rate - they pay increases or pay freeze for pay increases for members of Congress. They've had a pay freeze since 2009, but most civil servants will see a small pay bump in 2016 thanks to a separate order from President Obama.”

Source : "Here's What You Should Know About The $1.8 Trillion Spending Bill". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. December 21, 2015.
“By fools, knaves fatten; by bigots, priests are well clothed; every knave finds a gull.”

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