"One of the most interesting things in the world to me is the vast difference between what people say they are going to do, and what they actually do."

-- Myrtle Reed

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“Alexander, of whom men tell many legends, lived by his own. Achilles must have Patroklos. He might love his Briseis; but Patroklos was the friend till death. At their tombs in Troy, Alexander and Hephaistion had sacrificed together. Wound Patroklos, and Achilles will have your blood.”
“I wanted more of those sweltering kisses. I felt terrible about that. But the warm sunny fragrance of him...he smelled better than any human being I'd ever met. "Okay" I said unsteadily, "forget what I said about not exchanging names. Who are you?" "For you, honey...I'm trouble." -Haven & Hardy”
“It's tougher to be vulnerable than to actually be tough.”
“I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.”
“I'm saying with very few exceptions nothing lasts forever, and among those exceptions, no work or thought of man is numbered.”
“There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.”
“Shakespeare is like mashed potatoes, you can never get enough of him.”

Source : Frank McCourt (1999). “Angela's Ashes: A Memoir”, p.274, Simon and Schuster
“Declare war on passivity. Hush the inner voice that insists you're over the hill, past your prime, unworthy of attaining those dreams. Disbelief is now the enemy, as is the notion of settling. Get hungry- hyena hungry. Get fired up. Find your backbone, and your wings. Flap 'em. It's the only way you'll be able to fly.”

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