"How characteristic of your perverse heart that longs only for what happens to be out of reach."

-- Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

#Heart Quotes #Characteristics Quotes

“Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.”
“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.”
“Memories do not change, and change is the law of existence. If our dead, the closest, the most beloved, were to return to us after a long absence and instead of the old, familiar trees were to find in our souls English gardens and stone walls - that is to say, other loves, other tastes, other interests, they would gaze upon us sadly and tenderly for a moment, wiping away their tears, and then return to their tombs to rest.”
“I try to use social media as a tool for good. Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. Of course it happens now and then. It's funny because let's say a rude or off-putting comment comes in, rather than ignore it, I'll talk to that person and there are so many times I've gotten apologies, like "I totally understand, I'm with you."”
“I don't like to work with assistants. I'm already one too many; the camera alone would be enough.”
“Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.”

Source : George Santayana (1970). “Three Philosophical Poets: Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe”, p.221, Library of Alexandria
“Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.”
“I dont want to be owned by anyone.”

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