"We all have our prayer-wheels which we set up on the steppes. The indifferent winds come and carry most of them away to gasp out their little lives in the desert, for few reach heaven."

-- Learned Hand

#Prayer Quotes #Wind Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“I thought it was normal to recycle pants and shoes from your older cousins. That was just my way of life. At the end of the month, there was not much food in the refrigerator and you're hoping the first comes so food can come again. You never forget those things.”
“For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.”
“One of my greatest pleasures in life is promising myself I will not drink, or smoke, or take coke, or do heroin, or eat cookies, then doing it. It's a pleasure that can be repeated daily.”

Source : Amanda Filipacchi (2014). “Love Creeps: A Novel”, p.8, Open Road Media
“I'm Teoish," Sarene said, successfully spearing something that looked like a marinated piece of shrimp. "We're all this tall." "Father's Teoish too, Kaise," Daorn said. "And you know how tall he is." "But father's fat," Kaise pointed out. "Why aren't you fat too, Sarene?”
“But the way to wealth through the quill seems long ...”

Source : Elizabeth Rundle Charles (1865). “Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family”, p.53
“I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.”
“The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.”
“I'm not a Christian because I need a crutch. Hey, I need a stretcher!”

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