"Unkindness almost always stands for the displeasure that one has in oneself."

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Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.174, U of Nebraska Press

Adrienne Monnier

#Oneself Quotes #Unkindness Quotes #Displeasure Quotes

“Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the other hand, leaves them at an imaginary level.”
“I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.”
“When I was a little kid I thought like a little kid, but now I'm five I know everything”

Source : Emma Donoghue (2015). “Room: Picador Classic”, p.76, Pan Macmillan
“A light heart lives long.”
“If I could live my life all over I'd do everything the same; the film in my camera would remain the same; there's no way lord, to leave this love behind.”
“I come from a very small, poor town just outside of the Chicago area and I know what it's like to dream and accomplish some of your goals, but I would never want to do a show where I am preaching to anyone because I do not like being preached at. I want to learn right along with my audience and every show will be a collaborative effort. I am so thankful to Debra Lee and everyone at the BET Network for providing me with this unique opportunity and platform.”
“The deepest need of humans is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God. We have mistaken the nature of poverty, and thought it was economic poverty. No, it is poverty of the soul, deprivation of God's recreating, loving peace.”
“Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a human being towards a solid commitment to a conviction or cause.”

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