"The past is buried deep within the ground in Rabat, although the ancient walls in the old city are still standing, painted in electrifying variations of royal blue that make the winding roads look like streamlets or shallow ocean water"

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Source : Raquel Cepeda (2014). “Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina”, p.179, Simon and Schuster

Raquel Cepeda

#Wall Quotes #Ocean Quotes #Past Quotes

“Don't believe your friends when they ask you to be honest with them. All they really want is to be maintained in the good opinion they have of themselves.”
“Fear sees a ceiling. Hope sees the stars....”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 12, 2016
“I have a terrible attention span, so if something can keep my attention, I know that that's at least a great start.”
“Every screenwriter worthy of the name has already directed his film when he has written his script.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In New York it seems like there's no Monday or Saturday or Sunday. The town is always moving. The vibe is great.”
“If God did not exist, we should have to invent him. If God did exist, we should have to abolish Him.”
“There's a strange thing goes on inside a bubble. It's hard to describe. People who are in it can't see outside of it, don't believe there is an outside.”
“Spies could be invaluable in peacetime, once the fighting actually started, their value dropped steeply. When the swords were out, it was the information your own scouts provided that mattered, not reports from unknown people whose veracity you couldn't prove.”

Source : David Weber (2014). “Safehold Boxed Set 1: Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies Distressed”, p.709, Tor Science Fiction

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