"Sometimes journeys begin long before their first step is taken"

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Source : Colin Thubron (2011). “To a Mountain in Tibet”, p.12, Harper Collins

Colin Thubron

#Taken Quotes #Journey Quotes #Long Quotes

“I admire my father greatly.”

Source : "Annan: 'Hell no,' I won't go" by Richard Roth and Phil Hirschkorn, www.cnn.com. March 30, 2005.
“The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.”
“SOME GIRLS WEAR PRADA. SOME GIRLS WEAR GLOCK 17 SHORT RECOIL SPRING-LOADED SEMIAUTOMATIC PISTOLS WITH A LOADED CHAMBER INDICATOR AND A NONSLIP GRIP. - T-SHIRT”
“You can't control everything. You can't control how someone feels about you. Or what makes them tick. You can only control how you react, how you act, how you think and feel.”

Source : Maya Banks (2013). “Rush”, p.122, Penguin
“Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.”
“Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thought, word or action- without exception- manifests itself [in some way] as an actual reality.”
“Marijuana is self-punishing. It makes you acutely sensitive, and in this world, what worse punishment could there be?”
“One should never create tension between one's footwear.”

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