"The prevalence of suicide, without doubt, is a test of height in civilization; it means that the population is winding up its nervous and intellectual system to the utmost point of tension and that sometimes it snaps."

-- Havelock Ellis

#Suicide Quotes #Suicidal Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Charlie Christian had no more impact on my playing than Django Reinhardt or Lonnie Johnson. I just wanted to play like him. I wanted to play like all of them. All of these people were important to me. I couldn't play like any of them, though ...”
“One thing about these storms, we know how disruptive things can be when we depend on the system to keep working. What would happen if the terrorists do it? Knock down the power, destroy bridges, cut the water supply?”
“The Darkest Minds tend to hide behind the most unlikely faces.”

Source : Alexandra Bracken (2016). “The Darkest Minds”, p.485, Hachette UK
“What had been became what was and a story only works when you know the ending. When the people in it donâ€™t seem like pretend. When you can think about that girl and how she was once upon a time, and see her. When you donâ€™t already know the story is a lie.”
“Lampard, for me, was a marvellous servant for Chelsea, but I didn't think of him as an elite international footballer. And I am one of the few who felt Gerrard was not a top, top player.”
“Everything we say is a story. But nothing we say is just a story.”

Source : Anne Fortier (2012). “Juliet (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.24, Ballantine Books
“One of the things that has helped me as much as any other is not how long I am going to live, but how much I can do while living.”
“[Gresham's Law]: Bad money drives out good money.”

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