"It is a sad day when one looks back and sees that his largest regrets have become some of the most integral elements of his dreams."

-- John Knowles

#Dream Quotes #Regret Quotes #Looks Quotes

“I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe But there is something about building up a comradeship - that I still believe is the greatest of all feats - and sharing in the dangers with your company of peers. It's the intense effort, the giving of everything you've got. It's really a very pleasant sensation.”
“Our world has become dehumanized. Man feels himself isolated in the cosmos, because he is no longer involved in nature.”
“It's incredibly touching when someone who seems so hopeless finds a few inches of light to stand in and makes everything work as well as possible. All of us lurch and fall, sit in the dirt, are helped to our feet, keep moving, feel like idiots, lose our balance, gain it, help others get back on their feet, and keep going.”
“Each one of us must suffer long to himself before he can learn that he is but one in a great community of wretchedness which has been pitilessly repeating itself from the foundation of the world.”

Source : William Dean Howells (2015). “William Dean Howells - Premium Collection: 27 Novels in One Volume (Illustrated): The Rise of Silas Lapham, A Traveler from Altruria, Through the Eye of the Needle, An Open-Eyed Conspiracy, Indian Summer, The Flight of Pony Baker, A Hazard of New Fortunes, Ragged Lady & many more”, p.4266, e-artnow
“A little lie is like a little pregnancy it doesn't take long before everyone knows.”
“People with disabilities want to be recognised for what they can do, not what they can't do.”
“If an Englishman gets run down by a truck he apologizes to the truck.”
“He hit the ball so hard, I couldn't even turn around in time to see it go over the fence.”

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