"Throughout history, men have tried to play God by moving rabbits, goats, sparrows, mongooses, and a hundred other species to oceanic islands and island continents, and later have wished to God they hadn't."

-- Victor Blanchard Scheffer

#Moving Quotes #Men Quotes #Islands Quotes

“WHETHER BEINGS LOVE ME OR FEAR ME IS IRRELEVANT. IF BEINGS GIVE ME THEIR ATTENTION I WILL TAKE THEM TO ENLIGHTENMENT AND BLISS.”
“There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have.”

Source : Jay Maisel (2014). “Light, Gesture, and Color”, p.2, New Riders
“Slave rebellions, especially the [1791] Haitian Revolution, had an ongoing effect on the ways in which abolitionists talked about ending slavery.”
“I love you between shadow and soul. I love you as the plant that hasn't bloomed yet, and carries hidden within itself the light of flowers. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. Because of you, the dense fragrance that rises from the earth lives in my body, rioting with hunger for the eternity of our victorious kisses.”
“If you give up freedom to get security, you deserve neither.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“Donald Trump, like most Americans, like most Republicans, believe in protecting America's core national interests. He believes as do I, as do most Americans, that we aren't yet doing enough to take the fight to the Islamic State.That the intervention in Libya was ill-considered and slapdash at the time. And we're living with the consequences of it now. That we have to get tougher when it comes to our intelligence and law enforcement practices to stop Islamic terrorism.”

Source : "Meet the Press" with Chuck Todd, www.nbcnews.com. July 3, 2016.
“Love is an optical illusion that makes you believe the object of your affection is the most beautiful person in the world.”

Source : Tom Holt (2008). “In Your Dreams”, p.91, Hachette UK
“We read privately, mentally listening to the author's voice and translating the writer's thoughts. The book remains static and fixed; the reader journeys through it.”

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