"And I think about my cell at the Pawiak prison. During the first week I felt I would not be able to endure a day without a book, without the circle of light under the parafin lamp in the evening, without a sheet of paper, without you. . . ."

-- Tadeusz Borowski

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Cells Quotes

“Because you remember Meredith was walking along the highway there and somebody shot him.”
“Now, the big box office successes are superhero stories. It seems there's a lowest common denominator mentality, in terms of movies that are almost purely visual, that anyone can understand anywhere in the world. Good robot, bad robot: they fight. You don't need to know anything apart from that. And then we can make toys that look like that robot - and sell those toys or video games.”
“Battle scars from the war of good versus evil have a unique beauty all their own.”

Source : P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2010). “Hunted: A House of Night Novel”, p.258, Macmillan
“It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.”

Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.251, Courier Corporation
“The kind of gratitude that receives even tribulations with thanksgiving requires a broken heart and a contrite spirit, humility to accept that which we cannot change, willingness to turn everything over to the Lord -even when we do not understand, thankfulness for hidden opportunities yet to be revealed. Then comes a sense of peace. â€œWhen was the last time you thanked the Lord for a trial or tribulation? Adversity compels us to go to our knees; does gratitude for adversity do that as well?”
“Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on.”
“Any sport you're going to do, you're going to lose more than you win. People don't realize how hard it is to be an athlete. It's difficult.”

Source : Source: articles.chicagotribune.com
“I love my mother. My mother made sure, her stubbornness - she made sure we was going to eat. She made sure we had Christmases. That was my mother. My father wasn't there for that.”

Source : "Tracy Morgan On Being 'The New Black'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 22, 2009.

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