"There is a difference between listening and hearing, just as there is a difference between seeing and knowing."

-- Meg Cabot

#Differences Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Listening Quotes

“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.”
“One, I had never worked with John Woo before and I wanted to see what that was like, and two, Ben Affleck is a friend, so it would be fun to work with him again.”
“God does not give us ready money. He issues promissory notes, and then pays them at the throne. Each one of us has a check-book.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 239, 1895.
“We just had a near-life experience!”
“I was wearing corn plasters above and below my toes and taping my ankles twice.”
“And for just a fleeting moment, a tiny wisp of time that hung in the air like fireflies in summer skies, she wondered if she was in love with him again.”
“We focus a lot on the quality of experience, speed, reliability. Itâ€™s not sexy from a lot of peopleâ€™s perspective, itâ€™s not glitzy in the feature set, but itâ€™s what people come to rely on.”
“Through the blur, I wondered if I was alone or if other parents felt the same way I did - that everything involving our children was painful in some way. The emotions, whether they were joy, sorrow, love or pride, were so deep and sharp that in the end they left you raw, exposed and yes, in pain. The human heart was not designed to beat outside the human body and yet, each child represented just that - a parent's heart bared, beating forever outside its chest.”

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