"No sooner had he thought this than he realized what was anchoring his happiness. It was purpose. He knew what he wanted to do. He knew the way he thought things should be, and Mr. Harinton was proving that other people--even adults--could feel the same way. Nicholas had something to aim for now. He might not know what he wanted to be when he grew up, but he knew with absolute certainty how he wanted to be."

-- Trenton Lee Stewart

#People Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Might Quotes

“Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.”
“As with all my new pets, I gently bit each kitten on the face. This is how I let my animals know that I am now their mother.”
“You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.”

Source : "Frank Ocean: 'I told y'all my album would be the best!'". Interview with Rebecca Nicholson, www.theguardian.com. December 13, 2012.
“Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.”
“there i was in late middle age, cut loose in a thoroughly looted, bankrupt nation whose assets had been sold off to foreigners, a nation swamped by unchecked plagues and superstition and illiteracy and hypnotic tv, with virtually no health services for the poor. where to go? what to do?”

Source : Kurt Vonnegut (1997). “Hocus Pocus”, p.66, Penguin
“My first lead role was probably 'Party Girl' in 1994.”
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.”
“The Moon is essentially gray - no color - looks like plaster of paris - soft of gray sand.”

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