"In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on."

-- Richard Eder

#Lying Quotes #Book Quotes #Silence Quotes

“Take my hand. We will walk. We will only walk. We will enjoy our walk without thinking of arriving anywhere.”
“There is nothing so small but that we may honor God by asking His guidance of it, or insult Him by taking it into our own hands.”
“If I had to pick one tribe to go back and live with permanently - and I hate doing this, it's not a contest - it would be the people of Anuta, in the South Pacific. It's got white beaches, blue seas, good food and gentle, friendly people who have a wonderful philosophy of sharing. And it's warm.”

Source : "My hols: Bruce Parry". Times Online UK, September 16, 2007.
“Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.”
“I sort of tend to equate tattoos with prisoners, punks or people with a high level of self-confidence. I don't necessarily have a covered-in-tattoos personality.”
“I was a big fan of Gary Moore, he was my buddy and I miss him a lot. I loved his playing because you've got that passion; it was sort of a Celtic thing. The Irish and Scots they just go for it and not too worried about looking good. When I was in the states touring, I landed in Seattle to do a gig and one of the fans came to me and told me about Gary's death. It was very hard for me to carry on, it was awful.”
“And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might be encased in one mortal chamber.”

Source : Tosca Lee (2015). “Havah: A Novel”, p.6, Simon and Schuster
“If wishes were filet mignon, we'd always eat well at dinner”

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