"Once there had been joy, but now there was only sadness, and it was not, he knew, alone the sadness of an empty house; it was the sadness of all else, the sadness of the Earth, the sadness of the failures and the empty triumphs."

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Source : Clifford D. Simak (2015). “City”, p.207, Open Road Media

Clifford D. Simak

#Sadness Quotes #House Quotes #Joy Quotes

“I go every year to the Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives and it's spectacular.”
“At the Throne of Glory it is not the nobly-born that are beloved, but the nobly-risen.”
“If a manâ€¦.whoâ€™s playing in front of the public, is being well paid, and he doesnâ€™t dedicate himself to the job, Iâ€™d be hard on him. If I could I would put him in jail, out of the road of society. Because heâ€™s a menace”
“No matter how far society â€œprogresses,â€ our thirst for community and connection will never diminish. Bars satisfy this need.”
“Designers don't actually solve problems. They work through them.”

Source : Marty Neumeier (2009). “The Designful Company: How to build a culture of nonstop innovation”, p.50, Peachpit Press
“Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn't in us. It's almost as if were put here on earth to show how silly they aren't.”

Source : Russell Hoban (2012). “The Turtle Diary”, p.146, A&C Black
“Cruelty to animals is one of the most significant vices of a low and ignoble people.”
“It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races.”

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