"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."

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Source : Thornton Wilder (1958). “The Cabala ; The Woman of Andros”

Thornton Wilder

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Quotes #Inspiring Quotes

“Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.”
“Be yourself, don't take anything from anyone, and never let them take you alive.”
“Work is the only thing that gives substance to life.”
“Pastors need to know what's going on in the world and what has been going on for 4,000 years. We need a way to read Scripture which is imaginative, interpretive.”
“There are poems that are never written, that simply move across the mind like skywriting on a still day: slowly the first word drifts west, the last letters dissolve on the tongue, and what is left is the pure blue of insight, without cloud or comfort.”

Source : Linda Pastan (2009). “給要離家的女兒”, p.38, 書林出版有限公司
“I think everybody else in Hollywood, including network execs, has the opportunity to ask for a raise or a change in scenery in a much shorter time frame than actors. But I do think the networks have to protect themselves.”
“They'd poisoned me, dammit. Probably to trade my dead body to the barbarians for Wulfgar's safe return. Or maybe just for the fun of it.”

Source : Vivian Vande Velde (2002). “Heir Apparent”, p.131, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Mr President, the president is dead.”

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