"Since the Renaissance, people have had to get used to living their life on a random planet in the vast galaxy."

-- Jostein Gaarder

#People Quotes #Renaissance Quotes #Used Quotes

“The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.”
“The conditions of a solitary bird are five: The first, that it flies to the highest point; The Second, that it does not suffer for company, not even of its own kind; The Third, that it aims its beak to the skies; The Fourth, that it does not have a definite color; The Fifth, that it sings very softly.”

Source : Saint John of the Cross, Antonio T. de Nicolas (1996). “San Juan de la Cruz”, p.34, Weiser Books
“There are many stories I've wanted to write that I'm simply not able to - sometimes I haven't found the way in yet, and it doesn't matter how hard I try.”
“I am indeed willing to acknowledge what I have done, an error and presumption. I will call it an error and presumption because I swerved from the accustomed flowery path of female delicacy, to walk upon the heroic precipice of feminine perdition!”
“Seeing through is rarely seeing into.”

Source : Elizabeth Bibesco (1951). “Haven: Short Stories, Poems, and Aphorisms”
“I firmly believe that if you're really unhappy with something, then you should go ahead and change it.”

Source : Source: www.seventeen.com
“People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.”
“I can laugh on cue, and it sounds real. People laugh with me.”

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