“Every picture ever taken is a fraction of a second, frozen in time forever.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“I'd rather have five minutes of something amazing than a lifetime of nothing special”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“Charlotte has a high tolerance for risk, she’s a slave to the sea and she takes pictures of time.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“I don’t aspire to rule the world. I just want to rule my world.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“I don’t think you’re going to need me when you jump this time.” Alex looked straight at me. “This time, I think you’re going to fly.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“Winter was much slower. Cold June days were downright oppressive.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“I am the girl who has always been desperate to get the hell out of there.”
― G.J. Walker-Smith, quote from Saving Wishes
“The one thing that the racist can never manage is anything like discrimination: he is indiscriminate by definition.”
― Christopher Hitchens, quote from Hitch-22: A Memoir
“Normally I give permission to take my daughter for a walk after only the building of a wall and a stone pathway.' He smiled. 'For future reference.'
'But, Pan, I knew after the first week that a walk was not the only thing I would request,' the Pigeon said, smiling, 'and winter will be here soon.”
― Brigid Pasulka, quote from A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True
“He whose heart is full of tenderness, and truth; Who loves mankind more than he loves himself, And cannot find room in his heart to hate, May be another Christ. We all may be The Saviours of the world, if we believe In the Divinity which dwells in us And worship it, and nail our grosser selves, Our tempers, greeds, and our unworthy aims, Upon the cross. Who giveth love to all, Pays kindness for unkindness, smiles for frowns, Lends new courage to each fainting heart, And strengthens hope and scatters joy abroad, He, too, is a Redeemer, Son of God. Ella Wheeler Wilcox5”
― quote from Discover the Power Within You
“Because it's a poor tradeoff to add complexity for dubious performance gains, a good approach to deep vs. shallow copies is to prefer deep copies until proven otherwise.”
― quote from Code Complete
“I'm so fucking happy you're here," he whispered. "It makes it hurt less.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from Dangerous to Know & Love
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