"You loved ferris wheels more than roller coasters because life shouldnâ€™t be lived at full speed, but in anticipation and appreciation."

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Source : FaceBook post by Amy Harmon from Sep 19, 2014

Amy Harmon

#Appreciation Quotes #Ferris Wheels Quotes #Anticipation Quotes

“A sturdy lad . . . who teams it, farms it . . . and always like a cat falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls.”
“When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I'm not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger.”
“You could be a gambler. A thief, for all I know. Besidesâ€”â€ He captured her hand and stopped her from walking on, holding her in place. â€œBesides what, you insufferable prude?â€ â€œPrude, eh? Do you need another kiss to remind you what a prude I am?â€ â€œDonâ€™t you dare.â€ â€œThen donâ€™t call me names.â€ â€œYou started it.”
“Challenge me. Treat me like a game of checkers and play me. That's all I'm asking, just play me. Treat me like Sega and play me.”
“I need a new friend. I need a friend, period. Not a true friend, nothing close or share clothes or sleepover giggle giggle yak yak. Just a pseudo-friend, disposable friend. Friend as accessory. Just so I don't feel or look so stupid.”

Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2011). “Speak”, p.22, Macmillan
“I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.”
“Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.”
“As somebody who campaigned to leave the EU, I believe we have a bright future ahead of us- but we have to get it right.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

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