"I slithered out of the sinkhole on my stomach. It was not the sexiest move I'd ever performed, but I was impressed nonetheless."

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Maggie Stiefvater

#Moving Quotes #Sinkholes Quotes #Stomach Quotes

“The unambitious sluggard pretends that the eminence is not worth attaining, declines altogether the struggle, and calls himself a philosopher. I say he is a poor-spirited coward.”
“To defend oneself against a fear is simply to insure that one will, one day, be conquered by it; fears must be faced.”
“Instead of adjusting students to docile membership in whatever group they happen to be placed, we should equip them to cope with their environment, not be adjusted to it, to be willing to stand alone, if necessary, for what is right and true.”

Source : Joel Henry Hildebrand (1963). “Is intelligence important?”
“If the body is stiff that is understandable. But if the mind is also stiff then you canâ€™t get anywhere. The mind has to become flexible.”
“As usual, it occurred to me that words were the only thing that could possibly save me from this situation. This was a characteristic misunderstanding on my part. When action was needed, I was absorbed in words; for words proceeded with such difficulty from my mouth that I was intent on them and forgot all about action. It seemed to me that actions, which are dazzling, varied things, must always be accompanied by equally dazzling and equally varied words.”
“Funerals and weddings were commonplace, and nothing could have been so interesting to them as the coming of the end of the world ... unless it had been a first-class circus.”

Source : Edward Eggleston (1872). “The End of the World: A Love Story”, p.59
“Once someone's dead you can't make them undead.”
“Photography is like life What does it all mean? I don't know - but you get an impression, a feeling. An impression of walking through the street, walking through the park, walking through life. I'm very suspicious of people who say they know what it means.”

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