"Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen a brook."

-- William Arthur Ward

#Ocean Quotes #Knowing Quotes #Brooks Quotes

“We don't have to have blood relations in order to be brothers and sisters. Flesh and blood, those are just things that we're made of. In a real family, what matters is our hearts. We care, show concern and love. Anyone can be family too.”
“Roses are red, And ready for plucking, You're sixteen, And ready for high school.”
“I dont know if I feel a responsibility to encourage women, I just do! Yes, I think all of us chicks should be inspired and create! In whatever way that inspiration comes, we should shine! Honestly, I feel the same way about men.”
“There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.”
“I think it is now time for social scientists to step out of the shadow and to establish an advancedÂ social sciences methodology that integrates science (third-person view) social transformationÂ (second-person view) and the evolution of self (first-person view) into a coherent framework ofÂ consciousness-based action research”
“I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something.”
“I was on the verge of jumping into one of those holes in life out of which we emerge a bit tattered and bloody, though we remain sure nonetheless that we had to make the jump.”
“If you are the light, if your enemies are darkness, then thereâ€™s nothing that you cannot justify. Thereâ€™s nothing you canâ€™t survive, because thereâ€™s nothing that you will not do.”

Source : Emily St. John Mandel (2014). “Station Eleven: A novel”, p.141, Vintage

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