"Who invented the human heart, I wonder? Tell me, and then show me the place where he was hanged."

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Source : Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.74, Faber & Faber

Lawrence Durrell

#Heart Quotes #Wonder Quotes #Show Me Quotes

“I was very active in the peace movement, still am”
“My favorite quarterback is Donovan McNabb. I think he's a complete quarterback. I love the way he can scramble and throw on the run. He can do it all. He can control a game.”
“If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.”
“Do not to take everything personally or so seriously, because sometimes you're just not right for a particular job. You have to be able to take rejection quickly and honestly, know what you need to work on, and move on.”
“The Prophet Muhammad (s) said: "Do not turn away a poor man...even if all you can give is half a date. If you love the poor and bring them near you...God will bring you near Him on the Day of Resurrection."”
“A kid might help another kid who fell into a river, and a kid might help another kid search for a lost baseball, but there isn't a kid I've met who will help another kid out of a humiliating situation. We just aren't built that way.”

Source : David Lubar (2007). “Hidden Talents”, p.60, Macmillan
“Nothing beats standing in the middle of the action, with all the data I need at my fingertips”
“I was uncomfortable because I had never been that nude before. I had never shown my legs, and never shown quite that much skin. I always played frigid doctors or the plain sisters who got the guy at the end. What did I know from ladies in caves who ate only meat? And when the outfit came in, I never thought of myself that way. I mean, I always thought of myself as having my father's chest. I was very self-conscious.”

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