"Something settiled inside me, something heavy and hard. It stayed there, and i could not think of one thing to make it go away. I thought, So this must be living, this must be the beginning of the time people later refer to as 'years ago, when I was young'."

-- Jamaica Kincaid

#Thinking Quotes #Years Quotes #People Quotes

“If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.”
“Nothing will unfold for us unless we move toward what looks to us like nothing: faith is a cascade.”

Source : Alice Fulton (1990). “Powers of Congress: Poems”, p.2, Sarabande Books
“Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him”
“By early evening all the sky to the north had darkened and the spare terrain they trod had turned a neuter gray as far as the eye could see. They grouped in the road at the top of a rise and looked back. The storm front towered above them and the wind was cool on their sweating faces. They slumped bleary-eyed in their saddles and looked at one another. Shrouded in the black thunderheads the distant lightning glowed mutely like welding seen through foundry smoke. As if repairs were under way at some flawed place n the iron dark of the world.”
“We have never pushed it far enough to know, but we decided 47 percent was the right percentage. You can quote us on that. It's very mathematical.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The gods have given you wealth and the means of enjoying it.”
“The point at which society moves towards our views is a point where we are significantly closer to the vegan world that we are all working toward.”
“I have always said every good thing is divinely sent from heaven.”

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