"I love the night passionately... I love it with all my senses: I love to see it, I love to breathe it in, I love to open my ears to its silence, I love my whole body to be caressed by its blackness..."

-- Guy de Maupassant

#Night Quotes #Silence Quotes #Body Quotes

“no truth is strong enough to defeat a well-established legend.”

Source : Winifred Holtby (1937). “Pavements at Anderby: tales of "South riding" and other regions by Winifred Holtby”
“I don't love studying. I hate studying. I like learning. Learning is beautiful.”

Source : "Biography: Natalie Portman". www.thecinemaholic.com. January 20, 2018.
“A wedding is like a funeral, but with musicians.”
“[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work will never be anymore essentially clear and deep and honest than he himself is, and he will be judged finally not for how many copies his books have sold, but for what they have done to enrich the lives of their readers, now and in time to come.”

Source : Lawrence Clark Powell (1985). “Books are basic: the essential Lawrence Clark Powell”, Univ of Arizona Pr
“There is a real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.”
“That's the art of leadership. To make sure that what shouldn't happen, doesn't happen.”
“Christ has not conquered my affections if He has to compete for my attention.”
“If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.”

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