"That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely."

-- Robert Stone

#Lonely Quotes #Literature Quotes #World Quotes

“Freshman want to play. Sophomores want to start. Juniors want to score. Seniors want to win”
“Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.”

Source : John D. MacDonald (1985). “Five complete Travis McGee novels”, Outlet
“I wish my name was Tom Kite.”
“Don't wish me happiness - I don't expect to be happy it's gotten beyond that, somehow. Wish me courage and strength and a sense of humor - I will need them all.”

Source : Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1972). “Bring me a unicorn: diaries and letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922-1928”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P
“King RenÃ© of Anjou [(1409-80)]was a strange compound of amiable, great and trifling qualities. He was so excellent a sovereign as to acquire the surnom of the Good. He was brave in war, delighted in tournaments and wrote on them, instituted festivals and processions, partly religious and partly burlesque, was a fond husband, a romantic lover, a good painter for that age, and a true philosopher.”
“Men are like a fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it's our job to stomp on them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you'd like to have dinner with.”
“I came up and was a first-round draft pick and there was a lot of hype and a lot of expectation, and I enjoyed that. Have I also seen the other side of that? Absolutely.”
“We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.”

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