"The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and were peaceful to a fault and boded no ill but thought well enough of themselves to repeat their presences."

-- William H. Gass

#Night Quotes #Peaceful Quotes #Matter Quotes

“We're not willing to give black leaders second chances because, in most cases, we're not willing to give them first chances.”
“Music is geometry in time.”

Source : "I am a Composer". Book by Arthur Honegger, 1951.
“For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so muchâ€”the wheel, New York, wars and so onâ€”whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than manâ€”for precisely the same reasons.”

Source : Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.102, Pan Macmillan
“All my life I been waitin' for I been prayin' for, for the people to say that we don't want to fight no more. They'll be no more wars and our children will play, one day.”
“I'm pretty excited about the state of TV these days. There's great opportunity for really complicated relationships, in a way that I don't really see as much in movies anymore.”
“Don't bite the hand that has your allowance in it.”

Source : Paul Dickson (2014). “The Official Rules: 5,427 Laws, Principles, and Axioms to Help You Cope with Crises, Deadlines, Bad Luck, Rude Behavior, Red Tape, and Attacks by Inanimate Objects”, p.36, Courier Corporation
“We fluctuate long between love and hatred before we can arrive at tranquillity.”

Source : Abelard, Heloise “Abelard letters”, Lulu.com
“To rejoice in temporal comforts is dangerous, to rejoice in self is foolish, to rejoice in sin is fatal, but to rejoice in God is heavenly.”

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