"There are no medicines to bring a dead thing back to life."

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Source : Kristin Cashore (2009). “Fire”, p.219, Penguin

Kristin Cashore

#Medicine Quotes

“Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself.”
“Plainly, she is quite besotted by him,... a girl, a young girl, and she is falling in love for the first time in her life. ...little Kitty Howard at a loss, stumbling in her speech, blushing like a rose, thinking of someone else and not herself is to see a girl become a woman.”
“We didn't miss it. This is it. C'mon. You wanna go home?”

Source : "Fictional character: Nick". "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist", www.imdb.com. 2008.
“I think that the climate change policy and strategy that we have developed and that we have rolled out thus far is an example of incredibly high-quality work, incredible collaboration by an exceptionally large number of well-informed people.”
“It was important that I learn that what I wanted was no different from what other artists wanted: confidence that I could be my own censor, audience, and competition.”
“And God must be a pretty big fan of today, because you keep waking up to it. You have made known your request for a hundred different yesterdays, but the sun keeps rising on this thing that has never been known. Yesterday is dead and over. Wrapped in grace. Those days are grace. You are still alive, and today is the most interesting day. Today is the best place to live.”

Source : Jamie Tworkowski (2015). “If You Feel Too Much: Thoughts on Things Found and Lost and Hoped For”, p.32, Penguin
“Whether you're shuffling a deck of cards or holding your breath, magic is pretty simple: It comes down to training, practice, and experimentation , followed up by ridiculous pursuit and relentless perseverance.”

Source : Interview with Adam Kimmel, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 27, 2010.
“As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

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