"Where are people going? I wonder what they hope will happen and what they are afraid of? For me it's the same thing and has to do with being loved."

-- Simon Van Booy

#People Quotes #Wonder Quotes #Being Loved Quotes

“Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster.”

Source : Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Time Enough for Love”, p.236, Penguin
“The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees - perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss - an undistorted and more veritable world.”
“Not what you do but how you do it, is the test of your capacity.”
“Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.....”

Source : David Baldacci (2011). “Wish You Well”, p.58, Pan Macmillan
“God, my parents, my wife. I don't have a lot of friends, because I'm always moving around. I don't drink, so I don't hang out in bars. But they've been very big in my life. Because they have helped to encourage me.”
“You have to nourish your creativity for it to flourish...”
“When I was learning to write I was surrounded by poets; Brian Blanchfield and Annie Guthrie were always with me as I was learning. I'm so grateful for the poets in my life. Because of them I always knew the importance of each word, line.”

Source : "Making A Narrative In The Darkness: A Conversation With Samantha Hunt". Interview with Rumaan Alam, therumpus.net. July 17, 2017.
“Had I succeeded well, I had been reckoned amongst the wise; our minds are so disposed to judge from the event.”

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