"Sleep is no longer a healing bath, a recuperation of vital forces, but an oblivion, a nightly brush with annihilation."

-- J. M. Coetzee

#Healing Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Baths Quotes

“Everyone's got their own velocity, and there's no real time frame with comedy.”
“[Reviewing a production of Uncle Tom's Cabin] The dogs were poorly supported by the cast.”
“Thereâ€™s an opportunity cost to everything.”
“The little island seemed to float on the dark lake-waters. Trees grew on it, and a little hill rose in the middle of it. It was a mysterious island, lonely and beautiful. All the children stood and gazed at it, loving it and longing to go to it. It looked so secret - almost magic. â€œWell,â€ said Jack at last. â€œWhat do you think? Shall we run away, and live on the secret island?â€ â€œYes!â€ whispered all the children. â€œLetâ€™s!”

Source : "The Secret Island (Secret Series, Book 1)". Book by Enid Blyton, 1938.
“The unprepared mind cannot see the outstretched hand of opportunity.”
“To preserve my brains I want food and this is now my first consideration. Any sympathetic letter from you will be helpful to me here to get a scholarship...”

Source : Srinivasa Ramanujan (2015). “Collected Papers of Srinivasa Ramanujan”, p.15, Cambridge University Press
“I always want to do things that are different. I don't want to be doing the same thing, the same performance constantly, and it feels like most people tell you that they are the same. However different you feel might approach them.”
“With a background in science I am extremely interested in the meeting ground of science, theology, and philosophy, especially the ethical questions at the border of science and theology.”

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