"She has given birth to vagabonds. She is the keeper of all these names and numbers now, numbers she once knew by heart, numbers and addresses her children no longer remember."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Children Quotes #Heart Quotes #Names Quotes

“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.”

Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Whig, March 5, 1829-December 31, 1836”, p.42, University Press of Kentucky
“Our spiritual attitude is determined by our conception of our relation to infinite spirit.”
“The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.”
“The sea never changes and its works, for all the talks of men, are wrapped in mystery.”
“A burrito is a sleeping bag for ground beef.”
“Words, he decided, were inadequate at best, impossible at worst. They meant too many things. Or they meant nothing at all.”

Source : Patricia A. McKillip (2015). “Patricia McKillip SF Gateway Omnibus Volume One: In the Forests of Serre, Alphabet of Thorn, The Bell at Sealey Head”, p.56, Hachette UK
“If your cash is about to run out, you have to cut your cash flow. CEOs have to make those decisions and live with them however painful they may be. You have to act and act now; and act in the best interest of the company as a whole, even if it means that some people in the company who are your best friends have to work somewhere else.”
“You may not be able to leave your children a great inheritance, but day by day you may be weaving coats for them which they will wear through all eternity.”

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