"For no matter the shadows of an age, the picture of a young couple in love, we are told, speaks most luminously of the future, as the span of that passion makes us believe we can overleap any walls, obliterate whatever obstacles."

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Source : Chang-rae Lee (2014). “On Such a Full Sea: A Novel”, p.20, Penguin

Chang-Rae Lee

#Wall Quotes #Couple Quotes #Believe Quotes

“The image is an image.”
“It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.”
“what a horrible loutish planet this is. the dominant species consists of sadistic morons, faces bearing the hideous lineaments of spiritual famine swollen with stupid hate. hopeless rubbish.”
“Golf has always been a game where you have to control both ends of the club.”
“A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stores and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one product or service over another.”
“Rank beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.”
“I pray for you, that all your misgivings will be melted to thanksgivings. Remember that the shadow a thing casts often far exceeds the size of the thing itself (especially if the light be low on the horizon) and though some future fear may strut brave darkness as you approach, the thing itself will be but a speck when seen from beyond. Oh that He would restore us often with that 'aspect from beyond,' to see a thing as He sees it, to remember that He dealeth with us as with sons.”
“A culture of discipline is not a principle of business, it is a principle of greatness.”

Source : "Good To Great And The Social Sectors". Book by James C. Collins, 2005.

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