"We are all ghosts of yesterday, and the phantom of tomorrow awaits us alike in sunshine or in shadow, dimly perceived at times, never entirely lost."

-- Daphne du Maurier

#Sunshine Quotes #Yesterday Quotes #Shadow Quotes

“I say, Father, the years have brought me here, still your son, they have brought me to a life I cannot understand.”

Source : Philip Levine (2011). “New Selected Poems”, p.221, Knopf
“The love of God again makes us free, for it draws us to set a low value on those things wherein we are subject to others - our wealth, our position, our reputation, and our life - and to set a high value on those things which no man can take from us - our integrity, our righteousness, our love for all men, and our communion with God.”
“I think it's fascinating that there's a whole holiday dedicated to things that we fear and that's so interesting about the nature of humanity.”

Source : "Nick Offerman on Parks And Recreation and his comically oversized penis". Interview with Sean O'Neal, www.avclub.com. July 18, 2012.
“The arts are the only things that separate us from the other animals. The arts are not decorative. ... They are essential to our comprehension of consciousness and ourselves.”
“True, we must dare look things in the face before we dare think, speak, act, or assume responsibility. If we dare not even look, what else are we good for?”
“Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire.”
“When you're making a singular pop song, you don't really need any subject matter. You just sort of say, "Uh, I love you." And then you try to figure out some rhyme for that, and there never is one.”
“I was here for a reason. There was something I was meant not simply to be, but to do- and it wasn't to run or hide or give up the minute things seemed terrifying and impossible.”

Source : Ransom Riggs (2014). “Hollow City: The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children”, p.105, Quirk Books

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