"Ask Me Some time when the river is ice ask me mistakes I have made. Ask me whether what I have done is my life. Others have come in their slow way into my thought, and some have tried to help or to hurt: ask me what difference their strongest love or hate has made. I will listen to what you say. You and I can turn and look at the silent river and wait. We know the current is there, hidden; and there are comings and goings from miles away that hold the stillness exactly before us. What the river says, that is what I say."

Source : William Stafford (1977). “Stories that could be true: new and collected poems”, HarperCollins Publishers

William Stafford

#Hurt Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Hate Quotes

“Am I the only one who thinks Nancy Grace's relentless cheer leading for Jodi Arias' death gross & excessive? The anchor as executioner?!”

Source : FaceBook post by Geraldo Rivera from May 24, 2013
“Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice, virtue, and the common good, will always have men to promote those ends; and that which intends the advancement of one man's desire and vanity, will abound in those that will foment them.”

Source : Algernon Sidney (1794). “Life, Memoirs,&c. of Algernon Sydney”, p.112
“When I first saw Ellie, I knew it was her-- she was my fantasy. I didn't want it to be true, but every time I met her it was obvious, and the funny thing was that she was better than the fantasy, like I got more stuff than I'd imagined.”
“History repeats, but science reverberates.”

Source : Siddhartha Mukherjee (2011). “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, p.466, Simon and Schuster
“The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.”
“I had a unique privilege to have a good start in life and a chance to develop my talents.”
“Your words will tell others what you think. Your actions will tell them what you believe.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 23, 2012
“If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self- interest, you can have practically anything you go after.”

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