"Why must we love where the lightning strikes, and not where we choose?"

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Source : Theodore Sturgeon (2000). “A Saucer of Loneliness”, p.80, North Atlantic Books

Theodore Sturgeon

#Lightning Quotes #Strikes Quotes

“Commitment is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it gets.”
“The spirit of the year, like bacchant crowned, With lighted torch goes careless on his way; And soon bursts into flame the maple's spray, And vines are running fire along the ground.”
“Her (India's) great curse is caste; but English education has already proved a tremendous power in levelling the injurious distinctions of caste.”

Source : Speech at Hannover Square Rooms on the occasion of a Soiree held to welcome him, April 12, 1870.
“I think a lot of politicians, rightfully so, understand that their political futures are tied to how many times people see their names in print. The press is so accustomed to politicians wanting those things, it's a surprise when somebody's like, 'Whatever, I'm not really worried about those things.”

Source : "Forever the rebel with a cause, Gonzalez exits left at City Hall / Idealist energized young liberals in strong run for mayor" by Suzanne Herel, www.sfgate.com. January 3, 2005.
“Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.”
“It is better to run the risk of being considered indecisive, better to be uncertain and not promise, than to promise and not fulfill.”
“Wow, I do have all day and I get to choose.”
“Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.”

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