"Nora: "How do you feel?" Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober."

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Source : "The Thin Man". Book by Dashiell Hammett, 1929.

Dashiell Hammett

#Bed Quotes #Gone Quotes #Sober Quotes

“A good angel is only a dead angel.”
“I do believe this to be the over-arching philosophy behind most of the books I've fallen in love with over the years. The more personal and heartfelt the story is for the author and/or illustrator of the book, the more universal the emotion that can be gleaned from it.”

Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net
“This is the way to cultivate courage: First, by standing firm on some conscientious principle, some law of duty. Next, by being faithful to truth and right on small occasions and common events. Third, by trusting in God for help and power.”

Source : James Freeman Clarke (1880). “Self-culture, lectures”
“There have been so many people that have come up and embraced me as an example of what it's like to face something tough and just get up the next day and keep pushing.”
“When I was young I was depressed all the time. But suicide no longer seemed a possibility in my life. At my age there was very little left to kill. It was good to be old, no matter what they said. It was reasonable that a man had to be at least 50 years old before he could write with anything like clarity.”
“Those that think they're complete on their own, or want to be, don't know how to love.”
“Around the world today people are spontaneously spawning a culture dedicated to creating conditions conducive to life.”

Source : Kenny Ausubel (2012). “Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature”, p.33, Chelsea Green Publishing
“There are some things you never say good-bye to”

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