"Intimacy, says the phenomenologist Gaston Bachelard, is the highest value. I resist this statement at first. What about artistic achievement, or moral courage, or heroism, or altruistic acts, or work in the cause of social change? What about wealth or accomplishment? And yet something about it rings true, finallyâ€”that what we want is to be brought into relationship, to be inside, within. Perhaps itâ€™s true that nothing matters more to us than that."

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Source : Mark Doty (2002). “Still Life with Oysters and Lemon: On Objects and Intimacy”, p.6, Beacon Press

Mark Doty

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“I like the idea of a proportional tax. That way you pay according to your ability.”
“I have a cheat-sheet for each one of my characters about their personality, the way they look, etc. So there is no possible way that I could have writer's block.”
“During this time we've been apart, it's you I've thought of when I'm at my weakest, and you who have pulled me through.”
“Taking the strong believing women as role models for both men and women, clearly indicates that the Quran acknowledges the woman's ability to be a strong person who can overcome any innate weakens in her.”

Source : "The Woman's Personality and Role in Life". english.bayynat.org.lb.
“I am bound, as a pastor, by divine command to give my life for those whom I love, and that is all Salvadoreans, even those who are going to kill me.”
“For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.”
“If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.”
“I want to take advantage of any popularity I have.”

Source : "Ben Barnes: the prince's wardrobe" by Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. November 13, 2010.

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