"The night has made up its mind. Itâ€™s we who are too slow, who move in the wake of events already decided for us, who refuse, who are too weak or too simple, or are perhaps, strictly, unable to understand"

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Source : Amanda Coplin (2012). “The Orchardist”, p.65, Hachette UK

Amanda Coplin

#Moving Quotes #Simple Quotes #Night Quotes

“I believe that only a subset of us is meant to lead. The rest want to follow.”
“We shall build on. On through the cynic”
“Whatever you wish to experience in your own lifetime, cause another to experience in theirs. What you bring to another, you bring to the Self, for there is no other in ultimate reality.”
“A being afire with life cannot foresee death; in fact, by each of his deeds he denies that death exists.”
“The poet wants to ‘say’ something. Why, then, doesn’t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his metaphors? Through his metaphors, he risks saying it partially and obscurely, and risks saying nothing at all. But the risk must be taken, for direct statement leads to abstraction and threatens to take us out of poetry altogether.”
“The best managers figure out how to get great outcomes by setting the appropriate context, rather than by trying to control their people.”
“Natural beauty really entices men. They will tell you this time and time again, and studies consistently prove it.”
“Recovery can only take place within the context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation.”

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