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“We switch to another language-- not our invented language or the language we've learned from our lives. As we walk further up the mountain, we speak the language of silence. This language gives us time to think and move. We can be here and elsewhere at the same time.”
― David Levithan, Boy Meets Boy

“On the fifth day, which was a Sunday, it rained very hard. I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.”
― Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

“This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.”
― Sarah Dessen, Just Listen

“Sometimes success isn't about making the right decision, it's more about making some decision.”
― Robin S. Sharma, The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life

“I love my job. I love the pay!
~I love it more and more each day.
~I love my boss, he is the best!
~I love his boss and all the rest.

~I love my office and its location. I hate to have to go on vacation.
~I love my furniture, drab and grey, and piles of paper that grow each day!
~I think my job is swell, there's nothing else I love so well.
~I love to work among my peers, I love their leers, and jeers, and sneers.
~I love my computer and its software; I hug it often though it won't care.
~I love each program and every file, I'd love them more if they worked a while.

~I'm happy to be here. I am. I am.
~I'm the happiest slave of the Firm, I am.
~I love this work. I love these chores.
~I love the meetings with deadly bores.
~I love my job - I'll say it again - I even love those friendly men.
~Those friendly men who've come today, in clean white coats to take me away!!!!!”
― Dr. Suess

“Instead of playing to win, I was playing not to lose. It reminds me of the story I once heard about two friends being chased by a bear, when one turned to the other and said, "I just realized that I don't need to outrun the bear; I only need to outrun you.”
― Sean Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

“We all want to be the best at something. Trouble is, some people are only the best at being second best.
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― Jarod Kintz, Seriously delirious, but not at all serious

“If you're not gonna go all the way, why go at all?”
― Joe Namath

“أتعرف بأنك أصبحت تكتب مثلما تتحدث!..أأصبحت تشبهني بعدما انتهي كل شئ؟
يقال بأن العشاق يتشابهون في ذروة الحب يتشابهون
يتحدثون بالطريقة ذاتها
ينظرون الي الامور من خلال المنظار نفسه
لكنك لم تكن يوما شبيها بي
تزعم الان بأننا كنا متشابهين
لكننا اصبحنا
ولم نكن”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي

“افكر كثيرا في ماهيتي..ماهيتي بسيطة..بسيطة لدرجة لا تستحق الذكر...فتاة تقليدية الظاهر...شاذة الافكار وإن لم يتجاوز شذوذ
افكاري عن القواعد سقف جمجمتي الصغير...احب العلم كثيرا..لكنني لا اسعى للتعب من اجله...اظن اني اذكى من ان اتعب من اجل العلم...
يرضيني النجاح فيه ولكني لا اطمح لنجاح باهر
ارضى بالقليل...قليل من هذا وذاك
يرضيني قليل من علم...قليل من استقرار...قليل من حرية...قليل من امومة...قليل من مال...قليل من جمال...والكثير..الكثير الكثير من الحب !!”
― أثير عبدالله النشمي, أحببتك أكثر مما ينبغي

“Reality denied comes back to haunt.”
― Philip K. Dick, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said