"We humans seem disastrously in love with this thing (whatever it is) that glitters on the earth-- we call it life."

-- Anne Carson

#Life Quotes #Glitter Quotes #Earth Quotes

“I decided it would be better to be a bird. Birds are very busy at one period each year caring for babies, but this lasts only a few weeks with many of them, and then their babies are grown and gone. Best of all, they leave their houses forever and take to camping for the rest of the year. No wonder they are happy.”

Source : Margaret Morse Nice (1979). “Research Is a Passion With Me: The Autobiography of a Bird Lover”, p.41, Dundurn
“The proprietor, producing neither by his own labor nor by his implement, and receiving products in exchange for nothing, is either a parasite or a thief.”

Source : Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (2016). “What is Property?”, p.98, Cosimo Classics
“What's troubling is that because the camera is 3D, the northern part of the screen isn't necessarily north anymore. So the jungle transforms into the true meaning of a jungle. For someone with no sense of direction like myself, I get lost in the caves every time.”
“One of the great things about being gay and out is that the papers couldn't care less about your love life.”
“No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.”
“Our audience is young and vibrant; we retain our previous following; we are three generations into it. Unlike other bands that are very demographically specific, who they appeal to and who their fans are, we're the antithesis of that. If you see your younger brother or a parent of yours or a neighbor at most rock concerts, that's not cool but with us and kids, it's a tribal gathering. Whether it's kids or neighbors - they're all part of a secret society.”
“I went to Brazil, and you get on the ground and you see it, and you could tell the government was in trouble two years ago. This was just going to sweep the government aside, and it was a force you could feel. Brexit, the same thing.”

Source : Source: nordic.businessinsider.com
“We must trust in the mighty power of God's mercy. We are all sinners, but His grace transforms us and makes us new.”

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