"You begin always knowing nothing. You remain forever an amateur, a first timer."

-- Jeffrey Eugenides

#Knowing Quotes #Forever Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I love clothes, but I don't know what to put on myself, let alone others. I have a lot of help getting dressed.”
“We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social workers say it's a sense of community, but it is memory we have banished from our cities. We have speed and power, but no place. Travel, but no destination. Convenience, but no ease.”
“Worshipping God is the great essential of fitness. If you have not been worshipping...when you get to work you will not only be useless yourself, but a tremendous hindrance to those who are associated with you.”
“For prayers to be efficacious, they must be in harmony with the plan of heaven. The prayer of faith bears fruit when such harmony exists, and this harmony exists when prayers are inspired by the Holy Spirit.”
“This flick is all I have to say about being 17, the United States Navy, Christmas and the Fourth of July.”
“Do the things you know, and you shall learn the truth you need to know.”
“The time has come for America to hear the truth about this tragic war. In international conflicts, the truth is hard to come by because most nations are deceived about themselves. Rationalizations and the incessant search for scapegoats are the psychological cataracts that blind us to our sins. But the day has passed for superficial patriotism. He who lives with untruth lives in spiritual slavery.”
“He built a small house, called a cocoon, around himself. He stayed inside for more than two weeks. Then he nibbled a hole in the cocoon, pushed his way out and... he was a beautiful butterfly!”

Source : Eric Carle (2016). “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, p.24, Penguin

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