"You are born with the yearning arrow, my Glynna, though you are not yet fully aware of it. It is not a happy thing to possess, for nothing on earth - no goal, no person how ever beloved - will answer it. It points to the sky and to the heavens and the stars and when it cannot reach them, it must fall back to pierce your heart."

-- Isobelle Carmody

#Stars Quotes #Fall Quotes #Heart Quotes

“The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception.”
“I'm a huge seafood lover; I could cook it everyday.”

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“There's no reason to do anything twice, and certainly no reason to do something that almost killed you.”
“I had lost too much of the heart and all the faith needed to stay afloat in a job where every human encounter felt like an anvil strung around my neck just when I thought I was nearing the shore.”

Source : Dinaw Mengestu (2014). “All Our Names”, p.17, Knopf
“Mathematics is not a spectator sport!”
“Laughter puts your brain, your central nervous system and your whole being into a state of free play.”
“When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.”

Source : C.P. Snow (2010). “The Physicists”, p.97, House of Stratus
“I don't like all the glory, hand-shaking and general run of things after a tournament.”

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