You are not there, Father,” I cried. “I wake up at Gaudlin Hall, I spend most of my day there, I sleep there at night. And throughout it all there is but one thought running through my mind.”“And that is?”“This house is haunted (John Boyne, This House is Haunted)
Sometimes I sit and stare out at the people walking by, wondering if they’ve felt as I’ve felt, trapped, alone, but guiltily content in the knowledge that I will never know another’s thoughts, and therefore can feel special due to my unique loneliness (Moryah DeMott, Timeless)
You have to be very, very good looking to get ahead in motion pictures (Elaine Stritch)
It felt important to be able to pick up and go whenever this endless stirring and inevitable craving for a change of scenery would bubble over because I didn’t want to die someday yearning for something else when it was only “something else” worth living (Jackie Haze, Borderless)
We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and humane life, we must also provide an opportunity for good education, remunerative employment, comfortable housing, good clothing, and effective and compassionate medical care (Norman Borlaug)
The glorious light is sunshine (Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!)
The one who cares the most wins. … That’s how I knew I’d end up with everyone else waving the white flags and not me. That’s how I knew I’d be the last person standing when it was all over. … I cared the most. (Roseanne Barr)
Did you think I’d only want you once? Oh, my, you are more naïve than I thought. Why would I go through so much trouble for a mere tryst? Does a man ride a stallion but one time before condemning it to the abattoir? – Nenia Campbell, Terrorscape
and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up beside her – Nicholas Sparks, Dear John.
People needed proof that Utopia was nothing more than a theory, an illusion read in fictional stories. (Soroosh Shahrivar, The Rise of Shams)