“(pg.31)
"As it was, my first days on Earth were somewhat anticlimactic. Mother and Father seemed so happy tempting and corrupting that I didn't want to interrupt them. But the fact was that I hadn't the slightest clue what to do with myself. I tried to convince cows to take over the world, to rampage across the fields slaughtering all in their wake, to start a new religion of udder worship, to build cities devoted to the consumption of grass, their aqueducts running with fresh milk. I even prepared a pictorial presentation of cows traveling into outer space aboard butter-powered space churns, but the cows seemed unconvinced, and soon returned to wondering how many stomachs they had. The current belief was seventeen. Cows:Unambitious.”
― quote from Death: A Life
“Why, hello, Death. Long time no see. As you can see, I just couldn't stay away. The creeping things called out to Me. Anyway, what brings you here?- God”
― quote from Death: A Life
“It can safely be said that no one has touched more lives, more deeply, than Death. Through this devastating memoir, it is hoped he will touch many, many more.”
― quote from Death: A Life
“Similarly the animal psychologist, Aristophanes, accidentally discovered the world's first joke while inquiring into the hitherto mysterious motivations of pathway-traversing fowl.”
― quote from Death: A Life
“Share your dream with people who want you to succeed.”
― T.D. Jakes, quote from Destiny: Step into Your Purpose
“People are always dying. Its a terrible habit they have and nothing you can do will change that.”
― Sally Green, quote from Half Lost
“Güzel bir köşe var. Yiyecek bir şeyler götürürüz. En çok ne istersin?"
"Seni, Portuga."
"Ben salamdan, yumurtadan, muzdan söz ediyorum..."
"Her şeyi severim. Evde yiyecek bir şey bulunduğumuz zaman sevmeyi öğrendik.”
― José Mauro de Vasconcelos, quote from My Sweet Orange Tree
“Both partners share a quality of the other person that they admire. Admiration resolves disappointment. Both partners express appreciation for something that the other one did. Gratitude resolves resentment. Both partners apologize, without excuses, for something they did to hurt the other person. Remorse resolves hurt.”
― Mark Goulston, quote from Get Out of Your Own Way: Overcoming Self-Defeating Behavior
“She was not one for emptying her face of expression. ”
― J.D. Salinger, quote from J.D. Salinger's Franny and Zooey
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