"The desert sharpened the sweet ache of his longing, amplified it, gave shape to it in sere geology and clean slant of light."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Sweet Quotes #Light Quotes #Desert Quotes

“Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a solution that works - and take responsibility for it.”
“I still hung onto the hope that my broken knight would gallop back into my life and sweep me off my feet.”
“â€¦ the world will indulge you just so long Asher Lev. Then it will stop. You will simply have to grow accustomed to that truth.”
“The mind of a poet often performs miracles-a few coarse-grained words, apprehended become bullets and roses.”
“A little thorn may cause much suffering. A little cloud may hide the sun. Little foxes spoil the vines; and little sins do mischief to the tender heart. These little sins burrow in the soul, and make it so full of that which is hateful to Christ, that he will hold no comfortable fellowship and communion with us. A great sin cannot destroy a Christian, but a little sin can make him miserable....”
“What we spend our time on is probably the most important decision we make.”

Source : "Ray Kurzweil Says We’re Going to Live Forever". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.nytimes.com. January 25, 2013.
“The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature”
“I'm in favor of free trade, but I think if you had to make a choice between having technological progress versus free trade, you had one or the other, you should always pick technological progress. I think it's an incredibly important variable for creating more prosperity.”

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