"One thing is about to be finished, but here is something that is only begun. And while I live it will continue"

--

Alan Paton

“I've won at every level, except college and pro.”
“Wine intoxicates for a time, but the end is bitterness.”
“You've traveled up ten thousand steps in search of the truth. So many days in the archives, copying, copying. The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung make heavy baggage. Here! I've picked you a bunch of wild flowers. Their meaning is the same but they're much easier to carry.”
“Perfect isn't normal, nor is it interesting. I have no features without makeup. I am pale. I have blond lashes. You could just paint my face - it's like a blank canvas. It can be great for what I do.”
“For hundreds of years Iranians have been migrating to many parts of the world. They took Islamic culture to other parts of the world and established it there.”
“Why do I find it hard to write the next line?”

Source : "True". Song by Gary Kemp, April 14, 1983.
“Few people can look at a painting longer than it takes to peel an orange and eat it.”
“In a bad marriage, friends are the invisible glue. If we have enough friends, we may go on for years, intending to leave, talking about leaving -instead of actually getting up and leaving.”

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