"Truth comes home to the mind so naturally, that when we learn it for the first time, it seems as though we did no more than recall it to our memory."

-- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

#Memories Quotes #Home Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Pretty stupid,â€ I called after his retreating form. â€œTo give up before all possible solutions have been tried.”
“Civil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.”
“Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.”
“I had a fantastic mother who taught me self-confidence.”
“Gabe?" The newchild stirred slightly in his sleep. Jonas looked over at him. "There could be love", Jonas whispered.”

Source : Lois Lowry (1993). “The Giver”, p.128, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I was very glad later when I was directing that I wasn't in the hands of a cinematographer and hoping that he would do it well. I would know what he was doing, and we could discuss how that scene would look.”

Source : "His brilliant career". Interview with Jason Wood, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2005.
“I could read the great books but the great books don't interest me.”
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”

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