"It does not matter that Dickens' world is not life-like; it is alive."

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Lord David Cecil

#Reality Quotes #Doe Quotes #Alive Quotes

“I sometimes feel like when you're talking to boys, they just hear certain keywordsâ€¦ But if you had a bubble above their head, they'd be thinking about game scores, masturbation and food.”
“Anyone who has to ask about the annual upkeep of a yacht can't afford one.”
“The thrill of being ignored!”
“I left school on my 15th birthday.”
“Sorrow is a stone that crushes a single bearer to the ground, while two are able to carry it with ease.”
“In memorizing the prayer, it may be helpful to remind yourself that you are not addressing some extraterrestrial being outside you. The kingdom of heaven is within us, and the Lord is enshrined in the depths of our own consciousness. In this prayer we are calling deep into ourselves, appealing to the spark of the divine that is our real nature.”
“On Economic Nobel Prize 2014: I see one of my daughters is on Skype with me from London and in fact it is actually quite moving for the whole family of course.”
“Our actions are the results of our intentions and our intelligence.”

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