"Malice drinks one-half of its own poison."

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Seneca the Elder

#Half Quotes #Poison Quotes #Drink Quotes

“Buy what you love. Love those who can't be bought. Take in all the day has to offer. Give it all away.”
“I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.”
“It was the kind of sword that would make a lifelong pacifist look for tall boots and a hat with feathers.”

Source : Ilona Andrews (2010). “Magic Bleeds”, p.103, Penguin
“One thing I think kids need to do is more chores, and take care of their own rooms. Responsibilities are really important to start them with. If they have animals, they have to feed them and care for them. That's the only way I think I could do it.”
“On some levels, you can also have this feeling that we are being duped, somehow. And that the world is at play for something you would understand more if it were pure ideology. It is a very strange time and also basic things are being taken away.”
“Past the village flowed the river, like time, like life itself, waiting for the swimmer to come again on his way to the climax of his adventurous life, and to the end for which he had been made.”

Source : Margaret Craven (1973). “I Heard the Owl Call My Name”
“It's hard to think of a 16-month child being anything other than a delight to be around.”
“I don't know exactly where the ideas come from, but when I get into a songwriting mode and it's coming along, it's like you're on the front end of a boat and you're going through the water, and the breeze is blowing through your hair and the water's smooth, and you're going out to sea. I love that feeling.”

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