"I am still every age that I have been. Because I was once a child, I am always a child. Because I was once a searching adolescent, given to moods and ecstasies, these are still part of me, and always will be."

-- Madeleine L'Engle

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“What is a portrait good for, unless it shows just how the subject was seen by the painter? In the old days before photography came in a sitter had a perfect right to say to the artist: "Paint me just as I am." Now if he wishes absolute fidelity he can go to the photographer and get it.”

Source : "Aubrey Beardsley: A Biography". Book by Matthew Sturgis, p. 189, 1999.
“I am certain, however, that nothing has done so much to destroy the juridical safeguards of individual freedom as the striving after this mirage of social justice.”

Source : "New Studies in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas". Book by Friedrich Hayek. Part 2: "Politics". Chapter 8: "Economic Freedom and Representative Government", pp. 110-111, 1978.
“Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.”
“If one harbors anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, though in a sense known to be true, are inadmissable.”
“The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.”
“There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.”

Source : "The Tale Bearers: English and American Writers" by Random House, (p. 36), 1980.
“This is one big problem with working remotely: no one believes you have a job at all.”
“When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly.”

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