"When did we see each other face-to-face? Not until you saw into my cracks and I saw into yours. Before that, we were just looking at ideas of each other, like looking at your window shade but never seeing inside. But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. The light can get out."

-- John Green

#Real Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Light Quotes

“If I have chocolate around, I will eat it. I love it, I love it, I love it. I like a piece every day.”
“Some gigs will go great. I figure you do a gig, and as many as can get there will get there.”
“And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it.”
“I can't tell you why a particular athlete would leave a certain coach, but I can tell you there could be many reasons. They could have personality conflicts. They could have misunderstandings. Lots of stuff can happen.”

Source : Interview with Amby Burfoot, www.runnersworld.com. April 5, 2012.
“A few birds flew out from the mountains and glided for a while without sound. Standing out against the sky on high slopes beyond a range of low hills, they saw an endless herd of deer, rendered mute by distance. The landscape was reminiscent of a cardboard cutout, but on a huge scale, which gave the impression they were the ones who had become miniatures...All three of them were equally lost.”

Source : César Aira (2013). “The Hare”, p.239, New Directions Publishing
“A lot of us grew up in public. That often means that you have to fail in public too.”
“The writer operates at a peculiar crossroads where time and place and eternity somehow meet. His problem is to find that location.”
“Every day that I bring this World Title home with me, I realize it's a gift. It's a blessing. And this? This has been the biggest, the BIGGEST ride of my life.”

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