"The years in your life are less important than the life in your years."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Years Quotes #Important Quotes

“Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader.”

Source : Neville Cardus (2012). “Autobiography”, p.56, Faber & Faber
“Some Pakistanis fought for the Taliban. Pakistani extremist groups provided infrastructural support to Al Qaeda. There was a coming and going of Al Qaeda militants and leaders between Afghanistan and Pakistan for several years. All that has really happened is that Al Qaeda has escaped from Afghanistan come into Pakistan, got in touch with their contacts and friends in these extremist groups, which then provided them with safe houses, cars, and not just in the border areas but also in the cities. Rooting out Al Qaeda in Pakistan now is where the main battle is being fought.”

Source : Source: progressive.org
“What 'Twilight' gave me was years to consider how I wanted to work otherwise.”
“Life is too short to waste on the admiration of one man.”
“For the painter, the system of painting in flat tints is superior to all others.”
“And the vagueness of his alarm added to its terrors; when once you have taken the Impossible into your calculations its possibilities become practically limitless.”
“But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.”
“I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ian Somerhalder from Jan 21, 2015

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