"We are not the people who made this world, Lukas, but it's up to us to survive it. You need to understand that." "We can't control where we are right now," he mumbled, "just what we do going forward."

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Source : Hugh Howey (2013). “Wool”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

Hugh Howey

#People Quotes #Needs Quotes #World Quotes

“I miss Bettie Page. I've been missing her since the last time I photographed her in 1954.”
“If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.”
“It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.”
“Women are one and all a set of vultures.”
“When you go to the Opry for a show or hear it on the radio, you get the whole circle of country music.”
“How lucky can one guy get? I was a runaway, and then I was in one of the biggest bands in the world. I've sold out every arena. I've sold millions and millions of records.”
“Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.”
“I think, one thing that I've really come to appreciate about my parents as I've got older is you know, how wise they really were. As a kid when I was growing up, as any kid, you think you know every thing and I was no different to that. I had different opinions on a lot of different things then them but the way they raised me, in hindsight, they were right.”

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