"...all his longings came out as a kind of disdain for what he longed for."

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Source : Alan Hollinghurst (2014). “The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic”, p.106, Pan Macmillan

Alan Hollinghurst

#Kind Quotes #Longing Quotes #Disdain Quotes

“If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.”
“What holds an Arab leader in power is a mixture of violence and prestige. Both President Assad and King Hussein were felt to have defended Arab interests against the world. That, in the end, is more important than what they wear on their head.”
“The prevailing attunement is at any given time the condition of our openness for perceiving and dealing with what we encounter; the pitch at which our existence is vibrating. What we call moods, feelings, affects, emotions, and states are the concrete modes in which the possibilities for being open are fulfilled. They are at the same time the modes in which this perceptive openness can be narrowed, distorted, or closed off.”
“If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.”
“I'm not a big drinker, but coffee is important to me.”

Source : Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The King is a fighting piece. Use it!”
“I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.”
“Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.”

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