"What is best and most necessary usually happens."

-- Knute Nelson

“If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from when you go to sleep at night, just look around. This is where they are made.”

Source : Brian Selznick (2015). “The Invention of Hugo Cabret”, p.192, Scholastic
“It's amazing the relationships you forge in a kitchen. When you cooperate in an environment that's hot. Where there's a lot of knives. You're trusting your well-being with someone you've never before met or known.”
“An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.”
“The concentration of all seven behind the stroke should be so strong that you know by feel when that stroke has varied his style or rating without the cox announcing it.”
“First, I prepare. Then I have faith.”
“It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his own estimation, and yours too.”
“There are no perfect human beings! Persons can be found who are good, very good indeed, in fact, great. There do in fact exist creators, seers, sages, saints, shakers, and movers...even if they are uncommon and do not come by the dozen. And yet these very same people can at times be boring, irritating, petulant, selfish, angry, or depressed. To avoid disillusionment with human nature, we must first give up our illusions about it.”
“Why would the apostles lie?....Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out of it? What they got out of it was misunderstanding, rejection, persecution, torture, and martyrdom. Hardly a list of perks!”

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