"I am grateful for all those dark years, even though in retrospect they seem like a long, bitter prayer that was answered finally."

-- Marilynne Robinson

#Prayer Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Dark Quotes

“I love good comedy. I don't like bad comedy.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In short, if we adhere to the standard of perfection in all our endeavors, we are left with nothing but mathematics and the White Album.”
“True, more than a half of the green graves in the Grafton cemetery are marked "Unknown," and sometimes it occurs that one thinks of the contradiction involved in "honoring the memory" of him of whom no memory remains to honor; but the attempt seems to do no great harm to the living, even to the logical.”
“Judi Dench and Ian McKellen taught me how to work hard and respect the theatre.”
“To refer to the oft mooted question, "Which piece is stronger, the Bishop or the Knight?" it is clear that the value of the Bishop undergoes greater changes than that of the Knight.”

Source : Emanuel Lasker (1965). “Common Sense in Chess”, p.131, Courier Corporation
“I think a case could be made that there's sort of a crisis of masculinity in the West. Particularly with white males.”
“I'm a woman, of course I still have curves on me, and that's ok. I had a baby and I've worked hard. And I don't think women should have to feel that kind of pressure. I've done it really healthfully, and I took my time.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Love calls - everywhere and always. We're sky bound. Are you coming?”

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