Time became more important the closer to death one was, so an extra few hours to make peace with the world were worth more than years.
– Anthony Marra
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- I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and people. – Jennifer Donnelly
- Heroes became extinct when saving the world became more important to rescue a damsel in distress. – LA Serrt
- I believe in the 20/80 rule. That’s where working an extra 20% faster, harder, or smarter gets you an extra 80% of the rewards. – Brandon David Hastings
- Don’t accept the available as the preferable. Go extra mile with extra speed. – Israelmore Ayivor
- Peace can happen in 24 hours….just like war can happen in 24 hours. – Sari Nusseibeh
- Hope for peace!Dream for peace!Act for peace!Live in peace!Life is for peace! – Debasish Mridha
- Peace can be fragile and peace can be ugly and peace can be wrong. Peace built on lies is no peace at all. – Sarah Moore Fitzgerald
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- You will have the last word.’ ‘Your name will be that word. – Anthony Marra
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- The future is the lie with which we justify the brutality of the present. – Anthony Marra
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- Never forget the first three letters of confidence. – Anthony Marra
- We know the meaning of nothing but the words we use to describe it. – Anthony Marra
- She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency. – Anthony Marra
- You shouldn’t rush, he said. There are no taste buds in your stomach. – Anthony Marra
- Endurance, I reminded myself, is the true measure of existence. – Anthony Marra
- World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion. – Dalai Lama XIV
- For a peaceful life: think about peace, talk about peace, give away peace, and fill the world with peace. – Debasish Mridha
- What is important may or may not be important but what is thought to be important is indeed important. – Hemanta Bhatt
- As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him. – Evelyn Waugh
- I became a physicist to understand the world, then I became a writer to try and change it. – Carla H Krueger
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- Would you rather work forty hours a week at a job you hate or eighty hours a week doing work you love? – Jay Samit
- Each meditation should last hours – three, four, six hours. – Samael Aun Weor
- A writer’s working hours are his waking hours. He is working as long as he is conscious and frequently when he isn’t. – Edna Ferber
- By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day. – Robert Frost
- Cut the crap! I don’t care how many hours you work, I care how much work you do in those hours. – Pulkit Patel
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- Years of love, followed by heartache. Those are the years that define me.Those are the years that know-“ love’s eternity is you. – C Elizabeth
- I don’t need to come closer to kill you, but I will come closer to watch you bleed. (Darius) – Madison Thorne Grey
- The closer the people of all races get to Christ and His cross, the closer they will get to one another. – Billy Graham
- My heart starts to pound as he gets closer and closer to the stands, never taking his eyes off me. – Collette West
- He leans in closer and closer until his breath caresses my mouth. I’m paralyzed. I swear he’s going to kiss me. I swear I’m going to let him. – KA Tucker
- Here is a paradox: People who think imperfect are closer to perfection than their counterparts who claim that they’re perfect or closer… – Assegid Habtewold
- People don’t change, they come closer and closer to who they really are. – Faraaz Kazi
- Peace that follows battle is a futile peace. It is time to count dead and to assess which side stands closer to the win. – JE DiPalo