"When he went blundering back to God, His songs half written, his work half done, Who knows what paths his bruised feet trod, What hills of peace or pain he won? I hope God smiled and took his hand, And said, "Poor truant, passionate fool! Lifeâ€™s book is hard to understand: Why couldst thou not remain at school?" A poem by Charles Hanson Towne"

-- Mitch Albom

#Song Quotes #Pain Quotes #Book Quotes

“Growing up, my father was a financial analyst for an oil company. He was just a regular dad. And when I would say, Hey, come see my play, hed say, Sure. Hed see one, Oh, good play - you know, very typical dad reaction.”
“I come to the understanding that maybe what was on the inside was more important, and that your outer covering didn't count so much as folks thought it did, colored or white, man or woman.”
“Being in the library is so addictive for me that I really have to exercise self-control so I can get some writing done at home.”
“It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.”
“Those of us with ravaged faces, lacking in the social graces, desperately remained at home, inventing lovers on the phone.”

Source : Song: At Seventeen, Album: Between the Lines, 1975
“Not I, not I, but the wind that blows through me! A fine wind is blowing the new direction of Time.”
“It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not.”

Source : YouTube Channel "R2Agent"/"Randy Pausch addressing the CMU 2008 graduating class", www.youtube.com. May 19, 2008.
“...it seemed appropriate that I should develop some kind of illness. This is a good idea when you are at a loose end because everything, up to and including herpes, is better than being bored.”

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