"Tis a sad day when ye ha' t' pinch yerself t' see if ye're awake or in th' midst o' a night terror. 'Tis a really sad day when ye have t' pinch yerself twice." Old woman Nora to her three wee granddaughters on a cold winter's night"

-- Karen Hawkins

#Winter Quotes #Night Quotes #Granddaughter Quotes

“God is everywhere but He is most manifest in man. So serve man as God. That is as good as worshipping God.”
“Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now”
“Life--a lifelong death sentence.”
“I myself incline to drift, to accept a lesser situation rather than strive for a greater, and yet, I know that character in life and art is only made by an effort that is quite beyond one's ordinary everyday acceptance of things as they are.”
“You called me on the phone, saying you were alone, But that's a lie because I heard your moms breathing on the phone. And if you really like me, let your moms know She should mind her business...before I let go.”

Source : Song: Your Mom's In My Business, Album: Tell the World My Name
“Many years later, after NiemÃ¶ller had been imprisoned for eight years in concentration camps as the personal prisoner of Adolf Hitler, he penned these infamous words: First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionist, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew. And then they came for me - and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Source : "First they came". Poem by Martin Niemoller,
“Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.”
“I market for the same reason a pilot keeps his engines running once he is off the ground.”

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