"The food that memory gives to eat is bitter to the taste, and it is only with the teeth of hope that we can bear to bite it."

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Source : H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1119, Delphi Classics

H. Rider Haggard

#Memories Quotes #Giving Quotes #Teeth Quotes

“I have this personal affinity for the desert. I am fascinated by the desert. I love it.”
“The problem for many people is that we cannot point to the underlying biological bases of most psychiatric disorders. In fact, we are nowhere near understanding them as well as we understand disorders of the liver or the heart.”
“[Newlyweds,] these optimistic young bastards, promise to honor and cherish each other through hot flashes and mid-life crises and a cumulative 50-pound weight gain, until that far-off day when one of them is finally able to rest in peace. You know, because they can't hear the snoring anymore.”
“Everyone believes that he abounds in wisdom, but is short of money.”

Source : Marsilio Ficino (1975). “Liber I”, Shepheard-Walwyn Limited
“Injustice is a sixth sense, and rouses all the others.”

Source : Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart”, p.495, Library of Alexandria
“Being a star is an agent's dream, not an actor's.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I've lived three lifetimes in my short time.”
“Hollywood is a great place if you're an orange.”

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