"Don't listen when they scoff That you are too old and I am young, For I am old enough to know better And you are young enough not to care."

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Source : Armistead Maupin (1989). “Tales of the city ; More tales of the city ; Further tales of the city: an omnibus”, Vintage

Armistead Maupin

#Care Quotes #Enough Quotes #Young Quotes

“A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.”
“Learning how to love is the goal and the purpose of spiritual life - not learning how to develop psychic powers, not learning how to bow, chant, do yoga, or even meditate, but learning to love. Love is the truth. Love is the light.”
“Some people criticize me for using sources that are a bit low brow (this quote is from 'Gladiator') but you know what? 'I'm just going to use that hostility to make me stronger, not weaker' as Kelly Rowland said on the X Factor,”
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.”
“Maybe one morning Iâ€™ll wake up and step outside of myself to look back at the old me lying dead among the sheets.”
“Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.”

Source : Irving Layton (1969). “The whole bloody bird: obs, aphs & pomes”
“It's important to see how we can advance in healing wounds.”
“Every person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint.There are no two people alike. No two people who understand the same sentence the same way... So in dealing with people, you try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be.”

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