Living would be a terribly pedestrian business without the impatient ones. The seekers. Always searching for something new, … - Helen Van Slyke

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If you're getting ready to do a really emotional scene then, right before it, you're probably not going to be outside playing basketball.

Helen Van Slyke

Living would be a terribly pedestrian business without the impatient ones. The seekers. Always searching for something new, something relevant to leave their mark on. Always on tiptoe, anticipating discovery. Such people find change as necessary as the air they breathe.

Air, Change, Discovery, People, Relevant

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Timing. We give it many names: Destiny, Fate, Kismet, the will of God. Whatever we call it, lives are changed and molded by it, in small or drastic ways beyond our control. The precise, exquisite influence of timing moves people into new positions as surely as a spring flood rearranges the landscape. It is as unavoidable as life.

Changed, Fate, Kismet, Moving, Spring, Unavoidable

Isn't it boring. . . how people always want to tell you their own stories instead of listening to yours? I suppose that's why psychiatrists are better than friends; the paid listener doesn't interrupt with his own experiences.

Boring, Friends, Listening, People, Talking

Mail from home was so important when you were traveling. It kept you in touch with the familiar, even the part you were running from.

Familiar, Home, Kept, Running, Travel, Traveling

If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.

Eternal, Hangover, Humility, Wine, Youth

People who let the weak or greedy drink their blood sometimes have a need to play God.

Blood, Drink, God, People, Play