"The plain truth is we are going to die. Here I am, a teeny spec surrounded by boundless space and time, arguing with the whole of creation, shaking my fist, sputtering, growing even eloquent at times, and then-poof! I am gone. Swept off once and for all. I think that is very, very funny."

-- Charles Simic

#Thinking Quotes #Space Quotes #Gone Quotes

“Tomorrow's just your future yesterday.”
“I grew up with a lot of guys, some of them are dead, some of them are this and some of them that, and some of them very, very powerful, bright young men, who became this instead of that simply because of a lack of guidance - that's all.”
“People will tell you most of the storyâ€¦ and Iâ€™ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because theyâ€™re afraid.”
“Men can be attracted but not forced to the faith. You may drive people to baptism, (but) you won't move them one step further in religion.”
“I did not create my life, so I have no right to negate my life,”
“The reason I love you is not because you are special like nobody I've ever met before. It is because nobody has made me feel more special than anybody ever did before you.”
“You can plan for things, work towards them for years, and yet they never materialize. Or you can just happen to be in the right place at the right moment, and everything falls into place. If you want to believe in something like Fate, she's a capricious character. Sometimes she stand there blocking the doorway you were born to pass through, and sometimes she takes you by the hand and leads you through the minute you poke your nose out. And the stars gaze down and keep their counsel.”

Source : John Ajvide Lindqvist (2012). “Little Star: A Novel”, p.259, Macmillan
“I write with teenagers in mind.”

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