"Children are often envied for their supposed imaginations, but the truth is that adults imagine things far more than children do. Most adults wander the world deliberately blind, living only inside their heads, in their fantasies, in their memories and worries, oblivious to the present, only aware of the past or future."

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Source : Dara Horn (2015). “The World to Come”, p.280, Penguin UK

Dara Horn

#Children Quotes #Memories Quotes #Past Quotes

“I have learned to kiss the waves that throw me up against the Rock of Ages.”
“My family are doctors and pilots and people involved in indigenous First Nation land rights; not overtly artistic.”
“Dean Magraw so liquid, lyrical and effortless it's like listening to a dancer.”
“There's about to be a shift in your life. Get ready for your blessings. You've been through enough and a breakthrough is on the way. Don't doubt it, just claim it!”

Source : FaceBook post by Tony A. Gaskins Jr from May 01, 2013
“When too perfect, lieber Gott bÃ¶se.”
“Jackson [Rathbone], who plays Jasper Cullen. Heâ€™s such a mysterious kid. Iâ€™ve been friends with him for a long time, and I still donâ€™t get him, and I donâ€™t think he gets himself! Heâ€™s really friendly, but thereâ€™s this mystery about him and heâ€™s talented in so many ways. Itâ€™s too much talent for one person. He reminds me of a vampire.”
“You should never get nervous about anything. What today seems important tomorrow isn't so any more.”
“What I saw quite clearly in the '80s, before the internet, was that the whole world was shifting toward digital formats, and that didn't matter whether it's movies or writing or whatever. It was something that was coming. And with the invention of the World Wide Web in the early '90s, when we were teaching our first courses, or the arrival of the internet by way of the browser, which opened up the internet to everybody - soon it was just revolutionary.”

Source : Interview with Aaron Shulman, believermag.com. July 1, 2015.

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