"The pair smiled desperately at one another. And for the first time ever, despite the fact that everyone he knew - even the gods themselves - would condemn him for it, Jebel didn't think of Tel Hesani as a slave, but as an equal."

-- Darren Shan

#Thinking Quotes #Pairs Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“Better is the wrong with sincerity, rather than the right with falsehood.”

Source : Martin Farquhar Tupper (1846). “Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated”, p.147
“A relationship is more of an assignment than a choice. We can walk away from the assignment, but we cannot walk away from the lessons it presents. We stay with a relationship until a lesson is learned, or we simply learn it another way.”
“Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth. Everyone has a flock of opinions ready to be wished upon anyone who will accept them. If you are influenced by "opinions" when you reach DECISIONS, you will not succeed in any undertaking.”
“For me, the past is dead. Can't go back.”
“A recurring image in the work of the Rossetti circle was that of a woman absorbed in self-contemplation, gazing into a mirror or combing her hair.”

Source : Elizabeth Prettejohn (1998). “Rossetti and His Circle”, Stewart Tabori & Chang
“That's what life is for, to find that joy in yourself.”
“In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real mountains are alive all over.”

Source : Silas House, Neela Vaswani (2012). “Same Sun Here”, p.7, Candlewick Press
“I think people are dreaming big because they have the tools to dream big. I hope that people are dreaming big because it makes them feel good about their lives.”

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