"We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you've been told."

-- Jonathan Stroud

#Growing Up Quotes #Stories Quotes #Our Society Quotes

“When a man wears his pants that tight, they tend to pinch his balls, and that tends to pinch his temper.”

Source : Anne Bishop (2000). “Queen of the Darkness: The Black Jewels Trilogy 3”, p.42, Penguin
“The perpetual charm of Arabia is that the traveler finds his level there simply as a human being; the people's directness, deadly to the sentimental or pedantic, likes the less complicated virtues ...”
“Urban design is where the number are and easy size of installation plus the fast lessons to extend out to larger design acreage.”
“Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.”
“Come to terms with death. Thereafter anything is possible.”
“The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good.”
“I don't want to give any advice to a 19-year-old, because I want a 19-year-old to make mistakes and learn from them. Make mistakes, make mistakes, make mistakes. Just make sure they're your mistakes.”
“I've spent the majority of my life estranged from either one or both of my parents, and I've really had a lot of time to break down all the reasons why. There was something buried inside of me that said, I've got to kind of unravel the reasons why I don't talk to them; why not just one, but both of my parents and I have these really messed up relationships. And why I've been so fractured all these years. I got to the point where I thought, I was not the best kid. I openly admit that. But then I realized it doesn't matter. I was a kid!”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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