"And then there came into my heart a very great love for my father and I thought it was very much braver to spend a life doing what you really do not want rather than selfishly following forever your own dreams and inclinations."

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Source : Alistair MacLeod (2010). “Island: The Collected Stories of Alistair MacLeod”, p.21, Emblem Editions

Alistair MacLeod

#Dream Quotes #Father Quotes #Heart Quotes

“A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.”

Source : Mary Antin (2013). “The Promised Land”, p.13, Courier Corporation
“There have been loads of times I have regretted meeting Paul because I was so happy in my old life.”
“Because of President Obama's failed record on nearly every issue from the economy to the deficit to Medicare, the Obama campaign has become increasingly dirty, despicable, and desperate.”
“Nature's book always contains the truth; we must only learn to read it.”
“No sooner than I had begun to read this great work [Frasier, The Golden Bough], than I became immersed in it and enslaved by it. I realized then that anthropology, as presented by Sir James Frasier, is a great science, worthy of as much devotion as any of her elder and more exact sister studies, and I became bound to the service of Frazerian anthropology.”
“Taiwan is a major economy.”
“I hope the car they (Sport Magazine who awarded it to the World Series MVP) give him (Brooks Robinson) has an extra large glove box.”
“What a richly colored strong warm coat is woven when love is the warp and work is the woof.”

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