"Duty, though set about by thorns, may still be made a staff supporting even while it tortures. Cast it away, and, like the prophet's wand, it changes to a snake."

-- Douglas William Jerrold

#Snakes Quotes #May Quotes #Thorns Quotes

“All my work is much more peaceful than I am.”
“This is the inevitable consequence of a popular movie: you become the guy who wrote "the book that inspired the movie." Frankly speaking, I find it a bit insulting.”
“And what if thereâ€™s nothing in there?â€™ You die and thereâ€™s nothing beyond that. Nothing. Nothing remains. Someone might remember you for a little while after but not for long.”
“Penicillin sat on a shelf for ten years while I was called a quack.”
“When we come to that compassionate awareness that is not afraid of the fear, that can embrace the fear, we are able to heal the wounds of the child and the adult and begin to live the lives we've always wanted to live.”
“I love first times. I want my whole life to be composed of them. Life is only interesting if life is wide.”
“Forgiveness is the most important thing. We all have to forgive what was done to us - the Irish people have to forgive. The African people. The Jewish people. We all have to forgive and understand the only way to stop the cycle of hate and abuse is not to allow yourself to get caught in it.”
“If haters hadn't made me angry and made me practice, I wouldn't have gotten this good.”

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