"In my youth I loved climbing and scrambling up rocks and mountains: now I seldom intrude on the dweller of a second story, and my greatest enemy or friend may avoid me altogether on the third; so humbled is the aspiring spirit of my youth."

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Source : Edward John Trelawny (1835). “Adventures of a Younger Son”, p.471

Edward John Trelawny

#Rocks Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.”
“The media is constantly redefining what luxury is. Luxury can be a dirty sock if dressed up in the right way.”

Source : FaceBook post by Zac Posen from Apr 05, 2012
“Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.”

Source : Robert Green Ingersoll (1909). “Miscellany”
“You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.”
“The whole tradition of cinema is dominated, really, by films about good guys versus bad guys, good versus evil. But we have very few films about the nature of evil itself.”

Source : "Lights, Camera, Murder!". Interview with Amos Roberts, www.sbs.com.au. October 15, 2013.
“Ugly ducklings don't turn into swans and glide off down the lake. Whether your sunglasses are on or off, you only see the world you make.”

Source : Song: Thing Called Love, Album: Nick of Time
“Wait. Far be it for me to say this" â€” Hamish looked around the compartment â€” "and if anyone tells Uncle Eddie I suggested being an upstanding citizen I'll kill 'em, but aren't there...laws and stuff? I mean, can't you...you know...sue him or something?" asked the boy who had once stolen an entire circus, all three rings.”
“unbroken happiness is a bore: it should have ups and downs.”

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