"Oskar Schell: If the sun were to explode, you wouldn't even know about it for 8 minutes because thats how long it takes for light to travel to us. For eight minutes the world would still be bright and it would still feel warm. It was a year since my dad died and I could feel my eight minutes with him... were running out."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Running Quotes #Dad Quotes #Years Quotes

“There are things roaming around inside my head as clever as Theseus in the Labyrinth. It's just that nobody ever gave them the necessary piece of string, so they'll never find their way out.”
“If you just take it down to bare facts, the reason for living is the reason you make it. I mean the brain was made to create.”
“The requirement of conspicuous wastefulness is... present as a constraining norm selectively shaping and sustaining our sense of what is beautiful.”

Source : Thorstein Veblen (1993). “A Veblen Treasury: From Leisure Class to War, Peace, and Capitalism”, p.71, M.E. Sharpe
“I wanted to get in the ring and be like Muhammad Ali.”
“We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.”
“God is gracious to some very peculiar people.”
“I need to set the record straight for myself.”

Source : "Clark's Parents Rush to His Defense". abcnews.go.com. May 5, 2005.
“Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.”

Source : Harvey Mackay (1999). “Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top”

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