#opening

Indian summer is like a woman. ↗

— Grace Metalious

#opening-lines #simile #simile

We must reject the artificial and embrace what is real and true: truth in food, community, relationships and self. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#awareness #eye-opening #mind-opening #reality-of-life #realization

I am damned,' thinks Bunny Munro in a sudden moment of self-awareness reserved for those who are soon to die. ↗

— Nick Cave

#opening-lines #opening-sentences #death

This is the story of a man named Eddie and it starts at the end, with Eddie dying in the sun. It may seem strange to start a story with and ending, but all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time. ↗

— Mitch Albom

#inspirational #opening-lines #philosophical #inspirational

The purpose of life is soul growth. We are here to become transcendent and to become one with God. There is no more to life than this. In other words, we are here to love. ↗

— Sara Wiseman

#god #heart-opening #inspiration #intuition #soul

And there goes Juantorena down the back straight, opening his legs and showing his class. ↗

— David Coleman

#class #down #goes #his #legs

Andy Paley got us a show opening for his band at an outdoor show at Simmon's College, on a Friday. ↗

— Jonathan Richman

#band #college #friday #got #his

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society. ↗

— Andrei Sakharov

#democratic #economy #every #human #human rights

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble. ↗

— Anthony Sampson

#egyptian #inside #liable #like #monarchy

Effective listening is more than simply avoiding the bad habit of interrupting others while they are speaking or finishing their sentences. It's being content to listen to the entire thought of someone rather than waiting impatiently for your chance to respond. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#learning #realisation #truth #life