"It is not just the history of the Hawaiian islands but the significance of the ordinary people whose lives - many quite extraordinary - make up that history."

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Source : Alan Brennert (2015). “The Hawaii Novels: Moloka'i and Honolulu”, p.852, St. Martin's Press

Alan Brennert

#Islands Quotes #People Quotes #Ordinary Quotes

“God sees in you a masterpiece about to happen”
“Une histoire d'amour dont les Ã©pisodes ont Ã©tÃ© mÃ©langÃ©s par un fou”
“You're like a witness. You're the one who goes to the museum and looks at the paintings. I mean the paintings are there and you're in the museum too, near and far away at the same time. I'm a painting. Rocamadour is a painting. Etienne is a painting, this room is a painting. You think that you're in the room but you're not. You're looking at the room, you're not in the room.”
“I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.”
“Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about all the dumb things I do every day... If I live to be eighty and I do ten dumb things each day... That would be about two hundred and ninety thousand dumb things... When you add up all the dumb things you do, it's best to use round figures...”
“Being with someone who is smart and gives good advice adds tremendously wonderful elements to your life.”
“The descent is often as much (or more of) a challenge as the climb.”

Source : Source: www.omnivoracious.com
“I find that every day is not about where I'll be tomorrow, but it's about what I'm doing today and staying in the moment. By doing that, I'm truly enjoying all of my todays.”

Source : "Serinda Swan Exclusive Interview BREAKOUT KINGS". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 5, 2011.

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