"The river is motion, turmoil, rage. As the river flows, it wonders what it would be like to be so still, to take a breath, to rest. But the rock will always wonder what lies around the bend in the stream."

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Source : Kekla Magoon (2009). “The Rock and the River”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

Kekla Magoon

#Lying Quotes #Rocks Quotes #Rivers Quotes

“Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.”
“Life may be seen through many windows, none of them necessarily clear or opaque, less or more distorting than any of the others.”
“Never treat somebodyâ€™s cleverness as his lifeâ€™s smartness. Cleverness is to hide the weakness and the smartness is to project the strength of his weakness.”
“But there are forces that don't let you turn back and undo things, because to do so would be to deny what is already in motion, to unwrite and erase passages, to shorten the arc of a story you don't own.”
“I suspect the psychological pressure associated with that crisis caused the first mental blackout I had ever suffered. It contributed to a deterioration in my health that later required the insertion of a heart pacemaker.”
“I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.”
“I prefer hallucinations cause they tend to make more sense than experience.”
“A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.”

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