"I shall never forget the despair and agony on the parents' faces on the awful day of the funeral when the 13 little children, victims not only of John D. Rockefeller, but of the government of the state of Colorado were buried."

-- Ella Reeve Bloor

#Children Quotes #Government Quotes #Agony Quotes

“It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.”
“They needed to grieve alone was what Tibby's dad said. Lena wondered if really there was any choice in that. Everyone grieved alone.”
“As you deal with thumb-crossings, or fingerings for the F-sharp-minor scale, or chromatic scales in double thirds, it is hard to accept that these will eventually allow you to probe eternity in the final movement of Beethovenâ€™s last sonata. Imagine that you are scrubbing the grout in your bathroom and are told that removing every last particle of mildew will somehow enable you to deliver the Gettysburg Address.”

Source : "Every Good Boy Does Fine" by Jeremy Denk, www.newyorker.com. April 8, 2013.
“The gods know what's important, what's wrong about you. They know everything. If you go out searching for the Holy Grail, they won't let you find it.”

Source : Tom Spanbauer (2007). “In the City of Shy Hunters”, p.48, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn't.”
“Yes, we did produce a near perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction.”
“Before I can effectively discipline students, I have to earn their friendship and respect.”
“I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.”

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