"I still understand a few words in life, but I no longer think they make a sentence."

-- Jean Rostand

#Thinking Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Few Words Quotes

“When you walk into a room, a healthy, beautiful smile is incredibly important.”
“Who you are is strong enough to bare your pain”
“The best thing about the world is that it has a mysterious structure and the worst thing is that it has a grievous structure.”

Source : Interview with Ocean Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Where are you originally from?â€ â€œThe planet Lorien, three hundred million miles away.â€ â€œMust have been a long trip, John Smith.â€ â€œTook almost a year. Next time Iâ€™m bringing a book.”
“I had become conscious of my physicality, aware of my presence and open to the ugly truths of the world. At the age of thirteen, I realised that there was a danger in innocence and beauty, and I could not live with both.”
“This is not our fight', the old man said. 'British or American, that is not the choice. You must choose your own side, find your road through the valley of darkness that will lead you to the river Jordan. . . Look hard for your river Jordan, my child. You'll find it.”

Source : Laurie Halse Anderson (2010). “Chains”, p.167, Simon and Schuster
“[On the volcano.] And many a fire there burns beneath the ground.”

Source : "The Fragments of Empedocles". Book by Empedocles, translated by William Ellery Leonard, 1908.
“My IQ is somewhere between Spiro Agnew's and Albert Einstein's.”

Source : "Okay, So He's Not Johnny Carson—but Cavett's on Broadway and Back for More Talk on TV". Interview with Dick Cavett, people.com. October 17, 1977.

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