"Yours is a long road, my friend, and it stretches on to places beyond imagining... no matter how far your journey may take you, you stand where you stand by virtue of the road you walked to get there. For in times of hardship, when you fear you cannot go on... The joy you have known, the pain you have felt, the prayers you have whispered and answered—they shall ever be your strength and your comfort."
he was rather proud when he made a drunken phonecall to Sereny. "What I wanted to tell you," Speer said happily to her in his new incarnation as cock of the walk, "was that after all I think I haven't done so badly. After all, I was Hitler's architect; I was his Minister of Armaments and Production; I did serve 20 years in Spandau and, coming out, did make another good career. Not bad after all, was it?"
But it’s only in passing that the story has value — that you can get to the next chapter. After all, a story isn’t a story with meaning unless it has an ending. Forget the past. Don’t worry about the future. Enjoy now. - Terry Matalas
"Do not let me hear
Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly,
Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession,
Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God.
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire
Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless."
I'm nothing, not a single thing. The only particle I had, the only tiny thing raising me up, is that I was Ed Slaterton's girlfriend, loved by you for like ten secs, and who cares, so what, and not anymore so how embarrassing for me.
And as Apollo played his enchanting music for Admetus’ flocks, the spotted lynxes came out of the Othrys valley to join them, and so did a pride of fiery-blond lions and the dappled fawn. Moved by the charming music of your lyre, Apollo, they had stepped out from behind the fir trees and with their airy feet, rejoiced in a dance.