"Saffy could tell by the feel of the darkness that Caddy was awake. She said, "Caddy, how far back can you remember?" "Oh," said Caddy, "ages. I can remember when I could only lie flat. On my back. I can remember how pleased I was when I learned to roll over."

-- Hilary McKay

#Lying Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Age Quotes

“The current global landscape is quite different from the not-too-distant past. The process of globalization has intensified, and the world is moving towards new forms of governance.”

Source : "What If Everything Went Straight to Hell?". Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com.
“Let's be honest, the fact that Michael [Gove] announced very late in the process this morning that he was going to put his name forward, showed how much he had wrestled with this.”
“Normally I can't watch playback. I can't watch anything because I know that it's so rough and there's going to be effects that are added, there's going to be sound effects, there's going to be so much stuff that happens between this point and that finished product that it just ruins the illusion for me.”
“Play on both sides of the board is my favourite strategy.”

Source : Alexander Alekhine (1955). “My best games of chess, 1924-1937”
“Chaos is a friend of mine.”
“Every instance in my life, I've felt like the exact opposite of Superman. Except this time, this moment right now. I don't care. I don't feel like a weak, insipid sissy. Because right now I know I would save the girl. I know that I would rather risk the planet than let harm befall Eliza Wishart. I would save her in a second. Because I can imagine her and me huddled safe together while the earth falls under evil designs, but I can't imagine the world without her in it.”
“There's nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons.”

Source : Stephen Chbosky (2012). “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, p.159, Simon and Schuster
“Some people like milk, but I would never drink anything you have to stroke out of an animal.”

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