"..The past is only an unreliable memory held in the present. The future is only a projection of our present conceptions. The present itself vanishes as soon as we try to grasp it. So why bother with attempting to establish an illusion of solid ground?.."

-- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

#Memories Quotes #Past Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Oklahoma's always been good to me.”
“I met Jesse Owens once. He was a remarkable individual, and I have tremendous respect for what he did in the Olympics under the circumstances.”
“When your language is nowhere near Turing-complete, syntactic sugar can be your friend.”
“In times gone by there lived a Count of Ponthieu, who loved chivalry and the pleasures of the world beyond measure, and moreover was a stout knight and a gallant gentleman”

Source : Marie de France (2015). “Medieval Lays and Legends of Marie de France”, p.135, Xist Publishing
“If the history of medicine is told through the stories of doctors, it is because their contributions stand in place of the more substantive heroism of their patients.”

Source : Siddhartha Mukherjee (2011). “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer”, p.148, Simon and Schuster
“Frost grows on the window glass, forming whorl patterns of lovely translucent geometry. Breathe on the glass, and you give frost more ammunition. Now it can build castles and cities and whole ice continents with your breathâ€™s vapor. In a few blinks you can almost see the winter fairies moving in . . . But first, you hear the crackle of their wings.”
“It's like all the signs were telling me that I shouldn't be a boxer, so I quit.”
“Do me a favor, okay? Tell my parents that I fought well today. And tell them that I... that I... that I fought hard.”

Source : "Fictional character: Smith". "Black Hawk Down", www.imdb.com. December 18, 2001.

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