"That is how we lived, happily and without hope. I was very young then, and I did not miss having a future because I did not know I was entitled to one."

-- Chris Cleave

#Missing Quotes #Young Quotes #Without Hope Quotes

“I like to call it 'the national automobile slum.' You can call it suburban sprawl. I think it's appropriate to call it the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world.”

Source : "The Greatest Misallocation of Resources in the History of the World". "Placemakers" with Rebecca Sheir, www.slate.com. November 7, 2016.
“I don't think things necessarily should have a meaning. If stuff has a meaning then why do [writing] about it? If you're trying to say, 'Tall buildings are great' why not just leave it at that: "Tall buildings are great."”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“It's not pleasant when you lose your whole football team.”
“Life, if you live it right, keeps surprising you, and the thing that keeps surprising you the mostâ€¦is yourself”

Source : William Deresiewicz (2011). “A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter”, p.74, Penguin
“Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.”

Source : Steve Allen (1994). “Reflections”
“And as a writer now, I want to save Linda's life. Not her body--her life.”
“Humanity's greatest desire is to belong and connect.”

Source : "Kony 2012 is about now - right now. Get with the programme!" by Charlie Skelton, www.theguardian.com. March 14, 2012.
“I love the expression that 'When your Bible is falling apart, the man isn't.'”

You may also like:

Abraham Verghese
Physician
Audrey Niffenegger
Writer
Frederick Forsyth
Author
John Boyne
Novelist
John Irving
Novelist
Kate Morton
Author
Khaled Hosseini
Novelist
Matthew Macfadyen
Actor
Tatiana de Rosnay
Journalist