“How can I trust a bank to keep my money safe when it has dozens of pens stolen every day?”
Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994) American journalist
Source: Sharp Objects
“How can I trust a bank to keep my money safe when it has dozens of pens stolen every day?”
Lewis Grizzard (1946–1994) American journalist
“Keep this safe, it is my whole life.”
Charlotte Salomon (1917–1943) German painter
Quote of Charlotte Salomon, 1943; as cited on Wikipedia, English
as the Nazis intensified their search for Jews living in the South of France in 1943, she handed the 769 paintings on paper over to a trusted friend with these words
John Green book Looking for Alaska
Alaska Young and Miles "Pudge" Halter, p. 54
Looking for Alaska (2005)
“Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.”
Cameron Dokey (1956) American writer
“When you realize how perfect everything is you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.”
Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
“How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand? How do you keep a wave upon the sand?”
L. K. Samuels (1951) American writer
These words from The Sound of Music bring out the elusive nature of chaos. In life, most things cannot be captured for long. It is like trying to encapsulate time itself.
Source: In Defense of Chaos: The Chaology of Politics, Economics and Human Action, (2013), p. vii