"So that's what I'm here to become. And suddenly, this word fills me with a brand of sadness I haven't felt since childhood. The kind of sadness you feel at the end of summer. When the fireflies are gone, the ponds have dried up and the plants are wilted, weary from being so green."

-- Augusten Burroughs

#Summer Quotes #Sadness Quotes #Firefly Quotes

“A simple compliment goes a really long way - for a guy to just come over and say, 'You have great hair' or 'I really like your dress,' and then just smile and walk away. That's a great move, because he's sort of putting himself out there by doing that, but it won't lead to any embarrassment if the girl isn't interested.”
“Human eyes are the sign language of the brain. If you watch them carefully, you can see the truth played out, raw and unguarded.”
“The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.”
“When we first began and I was 14, my influences were the stuff that was in my parent's record collection like Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin.”
“The most important thing we ever have to learn in life is to live with our choices.”

Source : Ann Rinaldi (2002). “Amelia's War”, p.259, Scholastic Inc.
“The large venue gives me the thrill that comes from the power in numbers.”
“But what of black women?... I most sincerely doubt if any other race of women could have brought its fineness up through so devilish a fire.”
“The truth is that most people have a better chance to be uncommon by effort than by natural gifts. Â Anyone could give that effort in his or her chosen endeavor, but the typical person doesn't, choosing to do only enough to get by.”

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