Alexandra Potter · 358 pages
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“consider the implications. We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“just in case" is the curse of packing”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“It is always the silly things that remind me”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“Ne smiješ željama profućkati svoj život, Heather.”
Lice mu je ozbiljno, ali to me ne spriječi da upitam: “Zašto ne?” Oslobodi oblak dima iz
kuta usana. “Jer je život prekratak da bi se potratio i trenutak.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“Ne smiješ željama profućkati svoj život, Heather.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“Stari Indijanac ispričao je jedne večeri unuku priču o večnoj borbi koja se odvija u ljudima.
Rekao je: "Sine, borba između dva vuka događa se u svima nama.
Jedan je zločest, u njemu prevladavaju gnev, zavist, ljubomora, pohlepa, oholost, samosažaljenje, ljutnja, inferiornost, laž, lažni ponos i egoizam.
Drugi je dobar i u njemu prevladavaju radost, mir, ljubav, nada, vedrina, poniznost, ljubaznost, ljubav, saosećanje, darežljivost, istina i vera."
Pita unuk: "Koji vuk pobeđuje?"
Indijanac odgovara: "Onaj kojeg bolje nahraniš.”
― Alexandra Potter, quote from Be Careful What You Wish For
“هل ثمة شخص برئ فى الولايات المتحدة الامريكية ؟ رغم ان اولئك المتربعين على قمة الهرم الاقتصادى يحصلون على معظم الاموال فان الملايين منا يعتمدون فى معيشتهم -بشكل مباشر او غير مباشر - على استغلال شعوب البلاد النامية .فالموارد الطبيعية والعمالة الرخيصة التى تزود كل انشطتنا ومشروعاتنا التجارية تقريبا تاتى من اماكن مثل اندونيسيا واهل اندونيسيا انفسهم لا يجنون منها الا عائدا بائسا للغاية تضمن القروض التى تمنحها المساعدات الاجنبية بقاء اطفال اليوم واحفادهم رهينة لاحتياجات ومطالب اصحاب القروض وسيكون عليهم السماح لشركاتنا العملاقة بان تخرب وتدمر ثرواتهم الطبيعية وان يشقوا طريقهم فى التعليم والصحة وغير ذلك من الخدمات الاجتماعية فقط ليتمكنوا من سداد تلك القروض . الحقيقة ان شركاتنا قد حصلت بالفعل على معظم هذه الاموال لتبنى بها مجمعات صناعية ومطارات ومحطات توليد كهرباء
لم تتغير هذه المعادلة كثيرا . هل التحجج بعدم معرفة الامريكيين بهذه الامور يبرئ ذمتهم ؟ هل هم مضللون؟نعم,لكنهم ليسوا ابرياء”
― John Perkins, quote from Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
“the most ancient lesson of the Tsurani: duty is the weight of all things, as heavy as a burden can become, while death is nothing, lighter than air.’ The”
― Raymond E. Feist, quote from A Darkness At Sethanon
“I feel like a bird!” he cried. The words were hardly out of his mouth before he felt his paws slipping. For a heart-stopping moment he thought the wind would bowl him over to plummet down to the rocks below. The landscape whirled sickeningly around him. Then teeth fastened in his scruff and yanked him back to safety. He looked up to see Crowfeather. “Thanks,” he gasped. “Just remember you’re not a bird,” the WindClan cat growled.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Outcast
“The light will return, just like the sun came back, but it will be your light, and yours to control.”
― Erin Hunter, quote from Eclipse
“Connie drove a silver Camry with rosary beads hanging from her rearview mirror and a Smith& Wesson stuck under the seat. No matter whatwent down, Connie was covered.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Finger Lickin' Fifteen
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