"We are the choices we make. And have to make. We arenâ€™t anything else."

-- Patrick Ness

#Choices Quotes #Chaos Walking Quotes

“My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.”

Source : "Thanksgiving Stories: A Recipe for Celebration" by Suzannah Galland, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2016.
“A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.”
“It's difficult to change, because I have to admit that I have been previously living in a less compassionate and loving way. Sometimes we just want to be right instead of fully conscious.”
“One thing that I'd just remind young people of is that when John Lewis, who's a member of Congress today, defied George Wallace and led the march from Selma to Montgomery, he was 23 years old. Martin Luther King was the old man in the bunch, and he was 35, so young people need to know that they've always been an important part of our society, have always been at the forefront of pushing for a more just America, and we can't be successful without the impatience, the vigor that young people bring to the fight for social justice.”

Source : Source: harvardpolitics.com
“No matter how old I get, the race remains one of life's most rewarding experiences.”
“Wherever there are beginners and experts, old and young, there is some kind of learning going on, some kind of teaching. We are all pupils and we are all teachers.”

Source : GILBERT HIGHET (1950). “THE ART OF TEACHING”
“Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds unknown," I offered.”

Source : Laura Whitcomb (2005). “A Certain Slant of Light”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“If I abuse myself daily, who can I love?”

Source : FaceBook post by Big K.R.I.T. from Dec 21, 2013

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