"What you don't want is always going to be with you What you want is never going to be with you Where you don't want to go, you have to go And the moment you think you're going to live more, you're going to die"

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Source : Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.179, Portobello Books

Katherine Boo

#Thinking Quotes #Want Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Let's just hope that all the world is run by Bill Gates before the Perl hackers can destroy it.”
“I believe in spirit and then I believe a manifestation of spirit is dance”
“Tragedy on the stage is no longer enough for me, I shall bring it into my own life.”

Source : "Memories For Tomorrow". Book by Jean-Louis Barrault, 1974.
“The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.”
“A prince is also esteemed when he is a true friend and a true enemy.”
“The occupational hazard of being a Playboy Bunny is the aching facial muscles brought on by obligatory smiles.”
“There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.”
“It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.”

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