"I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; itâ€™s an amazing form that we havenâ€™t even begun to tapâ€¦weâ€™re just getting started figuring out what the rules are."

-- Susan Cheever

#Believe Quotes #Form Quotes #Century Quotes

“Love isnâ€™t only passion and joy. Itâ€™s also sacrifice.”
“In the actual condition of medical science, the physician mostly plays the part of simple spectator of the sad episodes which his profession furnishes him.”
“Infrastructure creates the form of a city and enables life to go on in a city, in a certain way.”

Source : "The Next American System". BLUEPRINT AMERICA interview, www.pbs.org. May 20, 2009.
“When something goes wrong in our lives we often ask ourselves "Who was present?" and if there was ever a singular person that was present in whatever the event was when something changed our lives. If we can't get beyond that event, we become obsessed with it or it changed our life in a way that we can't make sense of. We often seek out that person because that was the last time our lives made sense.”

Source : Source: www.ign.com
“Welcome the back talk, because it's completely natural and normal. It's actually a sign that the new idea you've planted in your mind is taking root.”
“We are two travelers, Roger and I. Roger's my dog-come here, you scamp! Jump for the gentleman-mind your eye! Over the table,-look out for the lamp! The rogue is growing a little old; Five years we've tramped through wind and weather, And slept out-doors when nights were cold, And ate and drank and starved together.”

Source : John Townsend Trowbridge, “The Vagabonds”
“I like to deliver more than I promise instead of the other way around.”

Source : Dorothy Uhnak (1977). “The Investigation”
“I'm still working on my time machine. If I ever perfect it, I'm going back in time to prevent Ace Ventura 2 from being made. And then I'm going after Hitler.”

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