"That was when we smelled the rain. It was so strong it seemed like more than just a smell. When we stretched out our hands we could practically feel it rising up from the ground. I donâ€™t know how a person could ever describe that scent."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Strong Quotes #Rain Quotes #Hands Quotes

“As a picture painted in yellow always radiates spiritual warmth, or as one in blue has apparently a cooling effect, so green is only boring.”
“Brilliant minds make errors, brave souls falter, kind hearts leave scars. We are none of us perfect, but we're all perfectly human.”
“I think that's the real loss of innocence: the first time you glimpse the boundaries that will limit your potential.”

Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A fraction of the whole”
“It's weird - I can listen to a guitar player or a rock record over and over again and really enjoy whatever the guitarist is doing. But when I do it, after 30 seconds or so I get really frustrated and can't understand why I, or anyone else, would want to write songs.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“A good game impresses you with what you're doing. I think that's a fundamental difference that I as a game designer need to recede in the background.”
“It's a bit counter-intuitive to think about the future in terms of the past. But...I've learned an important trick: to develop foresight, you need to practice hindsight. Technologies, cultures, and climates may change, but our basic human needs and desires - to survive, to care for our families, and to lead happy, purposeful lives - remain the same.' p 5”
“I don't feel there's any kind of pain in my life.”

Source : "POP QUIZ / Q & A With Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland". Interview with Aidin Vaziri, www.sfgate.com. March 18, 2001.
“Crimes are more effectually prevented by the certainty than the severity of punishment”

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