"And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air."

-- Sarah Dessen

#Knowing Quotes #Air Quotes #Toes Quotes

“What we call barbecuing in this country is actually direct grilling. In many countries, it also means cooking in an enclosed box with a heat source, ideally wood, all year round.”
“I think one day I can make a book about coffee shops in Hong Kong. I spent almost most of my time in coffee shops, in different coffee shops.”
“All creations are one with the universe. Look at the world around you. Can you effectively separate yourself from everything else? After seriously pondering this, most of us rapidly conclude that we cannot. To even make the statement that I exist as a unique entity requires comparison with something else. (If you exist as a distinct being, your distinctiveness is in comparison to other creations. No other creations, no individual you.)”
“Dogs like to obey. It gives them security.”

Source : James Herriot (2012). “The Lord God Made Them All: The classic memoirs of a Yorkshire country vet”, p.246, Pan Macmillan
“Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain; Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock, and together again Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover's pain to attain the plain, Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall.”

Source : Sidney Lanier (1999). “Poems of Sidney Lanier”, p.24, University of Georgia Press
“America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death.”
“I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but the Navy, having left school at 13.”
“Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.”

Source : Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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