"From birth to death we are alone ..."

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Source : Enid Bagnold (1935). “A diary without dates”

Enid Bagnold

“I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.”
“I thought I was an odd person, and since my hometown had only about 70,000 people in it, I knew I was going to have to leave there and go out and find other odd people.”
“Every endeavour pursued with passion produces a successful outcome, regardless of the result. For it is not about winning or losing â€“ rather, the effort put forth in producing the outcome.”

Source : "Secret to success: practice, not talent" by Matthew Syed, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2011.
“God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.”
“God must have loved the People in Power, for he made them so very like their own image of him.”
“The next time you have a thought... let it go.”

Source : Ron White (2007). “I Had the Right to Remain Silent...But I Didn't Have the Ability”, p.137, Penguin
“Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.”
“I have so strong a sense of creation, of tomorrow, that I cannot get drunk, knowing I will be less alive, less well, less creative the next day.”

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