"Love without friendship is like a kite, aloft only when the winds are favorable. Friendship is what gives love its wings."

-- Sherry Thomas

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“I wish the opera was every night. It is, of all entertainments, the sweetest and most delightful. Some of the songs seemed to melt my very soul.”

Source : Fanny Burney, Evelina (fict.name.) (1820). “Evelina; or The history of a young lady's introduction to the world [by F. Burney].”, p.45
“Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's invigorating. I really believe it.”
“The most foolish mistake we could possibly make would be to permit the conquered Eastern peoples to have arms. History teaches that all conquerors who have allowed their subject races to carry arms have prepared their own downfall by doing so.”
“We are a very typical Spanish family - a bullfighter, an actress, a flamenco dancer and singer!”
“I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of new for the viewers and to challenge myself as a writer, so there's always pressure. What else can you come up with?”

Source : "Writer/Director Michael Patrick King Interview SEX AND THE CITY 2 – And The Plot is Revealed!". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. March 22, 2010.
“I am for the woods against the world, But are the woods for me?”

Source : 'The Kiss' (1931)
“Love is a dangerous thing. It comes in disguise to change our life... Lust is the deceiver. Lust wrenches our lives until nothing matters except the one we think we love, and under that deceptive spell we kill for them, give all for them, and then, when we have what we have wanted, we discover that it is all an illusion and nothing is there. Lust is a voyage to nowhere, to an empty land, but some men just love such voyages and never care about the destination. Love is a voyage too, a voyage with no destination except death, but a voyage of bliss.”
“The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.”

Source : Malcolm Bradbury (2012). “Stepping Westward”, p.172, Pan Macmillan

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