"I have watched patients stand and gaze longingly toward the city they in all likelihood will never enter again. It means liberty and life; it seems so near, and yet heaven is not further from hell"

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Source : Nellie Bly (2015). “The Collected Works of Nellie Bly (Annotated)”, p.82, Golgotha Press

Nellie Bly

#Mean Quotes #Cities Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“A man's got to keep company a long time, and come early and stay late and sit close, before he can get a girl or a job worth having.”
“We seem, as it were, to have conquered and peopled half the world in a fit of absence of mind.”

Source : John Robert Seeley (2010). “The Expansion of England: Two Courses of Lectures”, p.8, Cambridge University Press
“There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most precious.”
“Too many people miss out on real love because they're too busy waiting for the ONE to show up”

Source : Alexandra Potter (2011). “You're (Not) the One: A Novel”, p.269, Penguin
“Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics donâ€™t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us.”
“Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.”
“When I was born here in Gulfport in 1966, my parents' interracial marriage was still illegal. And it was very hard to drive around town with my parents, to be out in public with my parents.”
“Success underwater depends mostly on how you conduct yourself. Diving can be the most relaxing experience in the world. Your weight seems to disappear. Space travel will be available only to a few individuals for some time, but the oceans are available to almost everyone - now.”

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