"I imagine the ones weâ€™ve lost as ghosts who prowl about the edges of the light, waiting for us to join them. Sometimes thatâ€™s terrifying, and sometimes itâ€™s reassuring, a promise of homecoming."

-- Ann Aguirre

#Light Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Promise Quotes

“Rain which falls upon the sea is useless; so is food for one who is satiated; in vain is a gift for one who is wealthy; and a burning lamp during the daytime is useless.”
“I always loved twilight: it was the only time of day I had the feeling that something important could happen. All things were more beautiful bathed in twilight, all streets, all squares, and all the people walking through them; I even had the feeling that I was a handsome young man, and I liked looking at myself in the mirror, watching myself in the shop windows as I strode along, and even when I touched my face, I felt no wrinkles at my mouth or forehead.”

Source : Bohumil Hrabal (1992). “Too Loud a Solitude”, p.41, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.”
“Long-term unemployment can make any worker progressively less employable, even after the economy strengthens.”

Source : "A Painfully Slow Recovery for America's Workers: Causes, Implications, and the Federal Reserve's Response" by Janet L. Yellen, www.federalreserve.gov. February 11, 2013.
“No man's ambitions (have) a right to stand in the way of performing a simple act of justice.”
“The first thing to look out for after your first big success are drugs and screenplays.”
“Youll have the same problems when I walk out, as you had when I walked in... unless you let me take your problems with me.”
“I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.”

Source : Dorothy Salisbury Davis (2014). “Death of an Old Sinner”, p.245, Open Road Media

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