"But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do."

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Source : Kenneth Oppel (2005). “Skybreaker”, HarperCollins

Kenneth Oppel

#Running Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Chance Quotes

“The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear what we're saying.”
“Mommies can't look gross!' J.J. protested.”
“I've been getting into different gospel artists; Aretha Franklin is someone I've been listening to a lot of.”

Source : "Meet & Greet Monday : Conversations with Jonny Lang and DJ Steve Porter". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 25, 2010.
“I remember a lot of dreams. Sometimes they are hard to distinguish from what has really happened. That is not so terrible. It is the same with books.”
“Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.”
“Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.”
“When you stop thinking about yourself all the time, a certain sense of repose overtakes you.”
“It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written.”

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