"He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking."

-- Leo Tolstoy

#Inspirational Quotes #Romantic Quotes #Long Quotes

“When I was young, I was too slow. I thought I must learn to run fast by practicing to run fast, so I ran 100 meters fast 20 times. Then I came back, slow,slow,slow. People said, 'Emil, you are crazy. You are training like a sprinter.'”
“Before I knew how to do anything, I was figuring out how to be in a band.”
“Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as good as you and me. What's with that?”

Source : Max Barry (2004). “Jennifer Government”, p.179, Vintage
“The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American”
“The death of a beloved is an amputation.”
“Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society.”
“All of us have to figure out our own passion, our own journey. Follow your heart.”
“Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you're hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you're doing.”

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