"The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults."

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Source : Tunnel of Love (1954) ch. 8

Peter De Vries

#Inspirational Quotes #Marriage Quotes #Children Quotes

“You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.”

Source : Remarks at town hall meeting, Kuwait, 8 Dec. 2004
“I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.”
“What's the truth? The truth is what people WANT. Liars are basically idealists, liars are saints and prophets. Jesus was a liar.”

Source : Jane Rogers (2001). “Island”, p.30, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“There is no escape from yesterday because yesterday has deformed us, or been deformed by us. The mood is of no importance. Deformation has taken place.”
“Who you become is infinitely more important than what you do, or what you have.”

Source : Matthew Kelly (2015). “The Rhythm of Life: Living Everyday With Passion and Purpose”, p.33, BookBaby
“I have suffered two grave accidents in my life, one in which a streetcar knocked me down... The other accident is Diego.”
“One day, I was running to the river. Along the way there was the most exquisite butterfly, a tiny little thing, on the pavement. I kind of jumped over it. And then two days later I woke up in the middle of the night with a character running, jumping over butterflies on the streets of Nairobi. After that, I followed the story. The story wrote itself.”
“Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity.”

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