"In our town there is a secret spot where you can still see the stars at night, believe it or not. It is the only spot like that left, unclouded by the dwindling skyscrapers rising nearby. It is a good place to go to walk and talk in whispers. Following the little hill that rises from the park to a small clearing which overlooks the statue of the armless general on his bronze steed, most of us later remember this spot as the first place we knew we might be in love."

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Source : Joe Meno (2006). “The Boy Detective Fails”, p.221, Akashic Books

Joe Meno

#Stars Quotes #Believe Quotes #Night Quotes

“There is no better feeling than when you write something you know is a piece of you and that, at some point, is going to communicate with someone else.”

Source : "Daily Negations". Book by John S. Hall, 2007.
“It all depends what you mean by...”

Source : Answering questions on 'The Brains Trust' (formerly 'Any Questions'), BBC radio (1941-8)
“[On refusing to be silenced:] I do not pretend to be John the Baptist rebuking the Pharisees. I do not claim to be Nathan upbraiding David. I aspire only to be Balaam's ass, castigating his master.”
“In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.”
“Our greatest responsibility is to be good ancestors.”

Source : "Learning from the Future : Competitive Foresight Scenarios". Book by Liam Fahey and Robert M. Randall, p. 332, 1998.
“It's not about one person doing one big thing ... It's about a lot of people doing small things that really make the difference.”
“There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.”
“Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces.”

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