"If I could keep a single moment for all time, that would be the one. I became the very air; I was full of stars."

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Source : Rachel Hartman (2012). “Seraphina”, p.363, Random House

Rachel Hartman

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“Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.”
“America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.”

Source : Speech on Independence Day at the United States House of Representatives, teachingamericanhistory.org. July 04, 1821.
“If a lion could speak, it would not understand itself.”

Source : Michael Frayn (2016). “Collected Columns”, p.111, Faber & Faber
“We're born into a certain family, nation, class. But if we have no connection whatsoever with the worlds beyond the one we take for granted, then we too run the risk of drying up inside. Our imagination might shrink; our hearts might dwindle, and our humanness might wither if we stay for too long inside our cultural cocoons. Our friends, neighbours, colleagues, family - if all the people in our inner circle resemble us, it means we are surrounded with our mirror image.”
“Golf is a funny game. It's done much for health, and at the same time has ruined people by robbing them of their peace of mind. Look at me, I'm the healthiest idiot in the world.”
“When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.”
“If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you - the dream or him.”

Source : Phil Vischer (2008). “Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables”, p.235, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer.”

Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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