"Let me just say that I am not often lonely in country places. In cities I am, like the writers of the letters. Nature doesn't break your heart: other people do. Yet, we cannot live apart from each other in bowers feeding on nectar. We're in this together, this getting through our lives, as the fact that we are word-users shows."

-- Nuala O'Faolain

#Country Quotes #Lonely Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.”

Source : RALPH ADAMS CRAM (1922). “TOWARDS THE GREAT PEACE”
“Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”
“Death and pain dominate this world, for though many are cured, they leave still weak, still tremulous, still knowing mortality has whispered to them; have seen in the folding of white bedspreads according to rule the starched pleats of a shroud.”
“Nor does Apollo keep his bow continually drawn. [Lat., Neque semper arcum Tendit Apollo.]”
“The surest way to lose democracy is to take it for granted. Every citizen must contribute to its advancement in some way. No nation or culture can long survive the absence of transcendent values and absolutes.”
“A great artist has to be ready to fail.”
“I love the big fights. Obviously you can't fight just for the money but the money is nice.”
“When I was growing up, I always knew that if I ever got anything, I was going to give back as much as I can. I learned that all you have to be willing to do is give your time.”

Source : "Sergey Brin’s Take On Technology’s ‘Downside’ For Kids", www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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