"Beauty is precious, you see, and the more beautiful something is, the more precious it is; and the more precious it is the more it hurts us that it will fade away; and the more we are hurt by beauty, the more we love the world."

-- Louis de Bernieres

#Beautiful Quotes #Hurt Quotes #World Quotes

“Numbers are the most certain things we have.”
“Being satisfied with the status quo means you are not making progress”
“It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2012). “The Heroes: A First Law Novel”, p.108, Hachette UK
“I'm forming a charitable institution for education.”
“Are there any mythical beasts which aren't simple pastiches of nature? Centaurs, minotaurs, unicorns, griffons, chimeras, sphinxes, manticores, and the like don't speak well for the human imagination. None is as novel as a kangaroo or starfish.”

Source : "Labyrinths of Reason: Paradox, Puzzles, and the Frailty of Knowledge". Book by William Poundstone, 1988.
“How many words a day do I write? Between six and seven thousand. And how many hours does that take? Three on a good day, as high as thirteen on a bad one”
“The World Health Organization is now studying Russia's experience, i.e. how we managed to produce tangible results in such a short time”
“The peculiar habit, when searching for a snack, of constantly returning to the refrigerator in hopes that something new will have materialized.”

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