"Some will tell you that you are mad, and nearly all will say, 'What is the use?' For we are a nation of shopkeepers, and no shopkeeper will look at research which will not promise him a financial return within a year. And so you will sledge nearly alone, but those with whom you sledge will not be shopkeepers: that is worth a good deal. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg."

-- Apsley Cherry-Garrard

#Winter Quotes #Journey Quotes #Years Quotes

“When you talk to a human in 2035, you'll be talking to someone that's a combination of biological and non-biological intelligence.”

Source : "Don't drunk text your ex: artist offers a cringe-free alternative" by Leigh Alexander, www.theguardian.com. September 21, 2016.
“Early on in my career I had the kind of anxious where you couldn't sleep at night. That anxiousness is like a virus we all have in us. Some you can deal with but some will wipe you out.”
“...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends , there's nothing left.”

Source : Zoë Heller (2007). “Notes on a Scandal”, p.161, Penguin UK
“All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself”
“Waiting is one of the great arts.”

Source : Margery Allingham (2015). “The Tiger in the Smoke”, p.35, Ipso Books
“It sounds strange to say it, but you can be in a war zone and have a lot of fun. Even though war is essentially pain on all sides, human beings have the capacity to enjoy themselves. The soldiers are mostly young people, full of enthusiasm and energy, and that's an exciting thing for an old guy like me.”
“As long as we see abusers as victims, or as out-of-control monsters, they will continue getting away with ruining lives. If we want abusers to change, we will have to require them to give up the luxury of exploitation.”

Source : Lundy Bancroft (2003). “Why Does He Do That?: Inside the Minds of Angry and Controlling Men”, p.157, Penguin
“Age doesn't matter. Obstacles don't matter. Winning is the challenge. Bottom line, inspiring others is the goal.”

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