"Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or spates of time sitting on park benches, observing the mysterious world of ants and the canopy of treetops."

-- Maya Angelou

#Spiritual Quotes #Sitting Quotes #World Quotes

“Death," said Akiva. His life was leaving him fast now that he no longer held his wound. His eyes just wanted to drift closed. "I'm ready." "Well, I'm not. I hear it's dull, being dead." She said it lightly, amused, and he peered up at her. Had she just made a joke? She smiled. Smiled He did, too. Amazed, he felt it happening, as if her smile had triggered a reflex in him. "Dull sounds nice," he said, letting his eyes flutter closed. "Maybe I can catch up on my reading.”
“But most automotive dealerships are set up for customer acquisition - which is crazy when you consider the average cost of customer acquisition is $1,000 or more.”
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”
“Writing a novel, in an unplanned and unpredictable way, makes you engaged; it takes you into yourself, and it becomes something between you and the character for a moment, and then you move back into the structure of the book. I love those moments, because they are completely unbidden.”

Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. September 23, 2014.
“Too many actors have run for office. There's one difference between me and them: I know I'm not qualified.”

Source : James Garner, Jon Winokur, Julie Andrews (2012). “The Garner Files: A Memoir”, p.98, Simon and Schuster
“There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality”
“When I'm on the road, I'll break my exercise into a cardio session and a weights session.”
“Be strong , my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I love you. I know where the shoe pinches.”

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