"To search means, first, I need Being, Truth; second, I do not know where to find it; and third, an action takes place that is not based on fantasies of certaintyâ€” while at the same time a waiting takes place that is rooted not in wishful thinking but in a deep sense of urgency."

-- Jacob Needleman

#Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.”
“Pillow talk. It's how you know, it's how you tell, that something different, something special is happening: that this might even be the most important night of your life. Some day -some night- I hope you both may know it, with whoever it may be: the wish, stealing up on you, not to just merge bodies, but all you have, all your years, all your memories up to that point. And why should you wish to do that, if you haven't already guessed that your future too, will be shared?”
“Speech is the voice of the heart.”
“If you have a big problem in your life, all that means is that you are being a small person!”
“Optimism isnt funny unless you are laughing at the person, whereas extreme pessimism is extremely funny. Its exaggeration.”
“There are some guys out here that can really play golf, but it has not been their focus for that long.”
“The beauty of word processing, God bless my word processor, is that it keeps the plotting very fluid. The prose becomes like a liquid that you can manipulate at will. In the old days, when I typed, every piece of typing paper was like cast in concrete.”
“I am about to - or I am going to - die; either expression is correct.”

Source : "Mother Tongue". Book by Bill Bryson, July 1990.

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