"Are some people destined for a great fate, or to do great things? Or is it only that they're born somehow with that great passion -- and if they find themselves in the right circumstances, then things happen? It's the sort of thing you wonder..."

-- Diana Gabaldon

#Passion Quotes #Fate Quotes #People Quotes

“Just as, in travel, one may miss seeing the sunset because one cannot find the ticket-office or is afraid of missing the train, so in even the closest human relationships a vast amount of time and of affection is drained away in minor misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and failures in consideration or understanding.”
“The USA is so enormous, and so numerous are its schools, colleges and religious seminaries, many devoted to special religious beliefs ranging from the unorthodox to the dotty, that we can hardly wonder at its yielding a more bounteous harvest of gobbledygook than the rest of the world put together.”
“Everything is on its way to somewhere.”
“Unused talents gives you no advantage over someone who has no talent at all.”
“A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.”
“I raised another shot. "That sound you hear is the heads of moral conservatives spontaneously exploding in the distance.”
“Women and elephants never forget an injury.”
“True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.”

Source : Eric Liu, Nick Hanauer (2012). “The True Patriot”, p.20, Sasquatch Books

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