"This last month I have felt the burden of a city. Its great sorrow has pressed in on my soul. Its vice and sin have bowed me upon my knees in tears."

-- Oswald J. Smith

#Cities Quotes #Soul Quotes #Sorrow Quotes

“Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age.”
“A love that lasts for twenty years may be better than love, but it isn't love.”
“Questers of the truth, thatâ€™s who dogs are; seekers after the invisible scent of another beingâ€™s authentic core.”
“This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating as an art form than novels.”
“Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.”
“We know that babies develop as well in nonmaternal as in maternal care, as long as the care is of good quality. The issue is not who gives the care but the quality of that care,... The guilt trip is, in my view, a hangover of another era and of unacknowledged tactics to keep women in their proper place--at home full-time.”
“If it hurt me to have to give up a painting I figured it had to hurt them to write the check. That's how I came up with the price for my work.”

Source : Interview with John Rogers, 2008.
“She's the nicest person I know." Zila chewed on her lower lip. "Well, the second nicest. Avry's the first.”

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