"I know you can dream your way through an otherwise fine life, and never wake up, which is what I almost did."

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Source : FaceBook post by Richard Ford from Nov 08, 2016

Richard Ford

#Dream Quotes #Way Quotes #Wake Up Quotes

“I often stop when I'm doing something, in the middle of rehearsals or some other job, and I try to take a minute to think Okay, this might be as good as it gets, so drink it in, appreciate it now. So far, I've been lucky because another job has always come along to equal the last.”
“Next time you think of me like that , say my name when you come. It'll get you off even better.”
“Watching my four year old daughter dance I cannot break free of her.”
“Raúl is a born goal-scorer. He was always in the right place at the right time. He was a great professional – one of the best to emerge from our country. His dedication, discipline and talent were superb. To talk about Raúl is to talk about a thoroughbred striker. He is, perhaps, one of the last true center forwards produced by El Salvador.”
“My undergraduate degree was in history, and I wish I had been smart enough to really excel at maths, physics, chemistry or biology because... the voyagers and adventurers and real contributors - that's where they come from.”
“Creole women take after Europe in their intelligence, after the Tropics in the illogical violence of their passions, and after the Indies in the apathetic indolence with which they commit or suffer good and evil.”
“Let me keep my distance, always, from those who think they have the answers. Let me keep company always with those who say â€œLook!â€ and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads. (from â€œMysteries, Yesâ€)”

Source : Mary Oliver (2009). “Evidence: Poems”, p.62, Beacon Press
“Who took away the part so essential to the whole Left you a hollow body Skin and bone.”

Source : Song: Remember The Tinman, Album: New Beginning, 1995

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