"What was important wasn't the fireworks, it was that we were together this evening, together in this place, looking up into the sky at the same time."

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Banana Yoshimoto

#Sky Quotes #Important Quotes #Together Quotes

“For we are so preciously loved by God that we cannot even comprehend it.”
“Even if my grandchildren donâ€™t remember the fact that I scored 10,000 runs in Test and ODI cricket, I am confident that they will remember that Sachin Tendulkar used to be my team-mate.”
“It was so hot today I saw a robin dipping his worm in Nestea.It was so hot today I saw a pigeon walking in the shadow of Orson Welles.It was so hot today that Burger King was singing, "if you want it your way, cook it yourself.”
“The discreet man finds out the talents of those he converses with, and knows how to apply them to proper uses. Accordingly, if we look into particular communities and divisions of men, we may observe that it is the discreet man, not the witty, nor the learned, nor the brave, who guides the conversation, and gives measures to the society.”
“Fulfilling what you start is why you start something.”
“Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.”

Source : Michael Foot (1980). “Debts of Honour”, London : Davis Poynter
“It's always obvious to me when someone is looking at me with an idea of who I am and hoping that that's the person I'm going to be. No matter how subtle it is, it's there, and you want to give them who they really want. But it ain't me.”
“That morning I was not yet a vampire, and I saw my last sunrise. I remember it completely, and yet I can't recall any sunrise before it. I watched its whole magnificence for the last time as if it were the first. And then I said farewell to sun light, and set out to become what I became.”

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