"The trick to playing second fiddle is to play it like second Stradivarius."

-- Robert Breault

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“Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.”
“My first big gig was an opening show for Frank Zappa, and I think that was difficult.”
“Mortality is, in reality, a very, very short period. It is literally a snap of the fingers compared to an eternity. It is so short that we can do it. We can prevail. Why, you can stand your foot in a vise for a while if you know it's going to be released soon. Yes, earthly probation is short compared to eternity, but so very much is riding on how we handle the trials and temptations of the flesh.”
“Even when we know things, sometimes it takes words to make them concrete.”
“Even when we lose an arm or a leg, there's not less of us but more. Human experience weighs more than human tissue.”
“I learned by standing in the wings and watching established acts on stage.”
“I thought when love for you died, I should die. It's dead. Alone, most strangely, I live on.”

Source : Rupert Brooke (2010). “Collected Poems”, p.55, The Oleander Press
“Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of it's own. It wanted to flow a certain way. You had to force it to change. You had to be willing to sacrifice.”

Source : John Stephens (2011). “The Emerald Atlas”, p.332, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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