"In one day I had altered my life; my life, therefore, was alterable. This simple axiom did not call out for exegesis; no, it entered my bloodstream directly, as powerful as heroin. I could feel it pump and surge, the way it brightened my veins to a kind of glass. I had wakened that morning to narrowness and predestination and now I was falling asleep in the storm of my own free will."

-- Carol Shields

#Morning Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Fall Quotes

“The Teen Challenge ministry was born out of those humble early days of ministry. It now includes over 500 drug and alcohol rehab centers around the world, even in Muslim countries. These include homes for girls and women addicts and alcoholics, all which are reaching many.”
“One quick way to destroy a society is through its music.”
“I can imagine [the government] trying to tell Steven Spielberg 'We need 50 different cuts of your movie for each state.' It will screw us up in a real way.”
“Art is about emotion; if art needs to be explained it is no longer art.”
“I feel like anything I'm doing in life, I try to stay myself and be as honest and true as I can be, you know, and be a nice person. I've always been taught to be kind to people and have an open mind about life.”

Source : "Liam Hemsworth Talks THE HUNGER GAMES, the Sequels, THE EXPENDABLES 2, TIMELESS, Dito Montiel’s EMPIRE STATE and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 23, 2012.
“The truth was only another mask, even if it was the best fit, the closest to skin and all that lay beneath”
“My wife thought I deserved it, but I always thought the Nobel a Western prize.”
“My curiosity sister of larks.”

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