"Time spent in reconnaissance is seldom wasted."

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Source : John Marsden (2010). “While I Live: The Ellie Chronicles 1: The Ellie Chronicles”, p.165, Pan Australia

#Time Spent Quotes

“And then, what is grace? Grace is love. But grace is not love simply, and purely, and alone. Grace and love are, in their innermost essence, one and the same thing.”

Source : Alexander Whyte (1903). “The apostle Paul”
“My Mom is a ballet director, so I had this idea in me that classical training is the best foundation for anything you do, so I wanted to get a classical background and voice.”
“Best friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. False friends are like leaves, found everywhere.”
“Instead of using brushes all the time, try a palette knife to paint.”
“[On sociability in Italy:] You may be a hermit or an innkeeper.”
“Paris... is a world meant for the walker alone, for only the pace of strolling can take in all the rich (if muted) detail.”

Source : Edmund White (2016). “The Flaneur”, p.20, Bloomsbury Publishing
“In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.”
“As I got older I became a kind of sub cultural junkie, foraging around in music, street fashion and eventually art, politics and the freakier reaches of the Internet, hunting the next discovery, the next seam of underground gold.”

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