"Modesty is the conscience of the body."

-- Honore de Balzac

#Humility Quotes #Body Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“I am collecting the lessons each faction has to teach me, and storing them in my mind like a guidebook for moving through the world. There is always somthing to learn, always somthing that is important to understand”
“I started asking friends, my white friends around, I said, "What's something that you think all Asians have in common?" They almost always immediately said, "Slanted eyes." I thought that's really interesting. No. 1, it simply isn't true. Not all Asian Americans have slanted eyes, and of course, Asians aren't the only ethnic identities to have them. No. 2, we could talk about our slant on life and what it's like to be people of color, while at the same time, using this outdated and obscure racial slur, and turning it on its head.”
“He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge.”
“It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.”

Source : P. D. James (2008). “A Taste for Death”, p.339, Faber & Faber
“I come from an interracial family: My father is from Nigeria, and so he is African-American, and my mother is American and white, so I rarely see skin color. It's never an issue for me.”

Source : "Annie Ilonzeh Doesn’t See Color But Is Happy To Be Charlie’s First Black Angel" By Rebecca Carroll, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2011.
“It is not that Shakespeare's art is in technicolor and fancy, and that real life is black and white and tedious. The life that Shakespeare was living was the only life he had, and he had to use it to create what he was doing.”
“The best advice I can give to anyone going through a rough patch is to never be afraid to ask for help.”
“Thank you, Jane Birkin, for providing me with infinite outfit ideas and the confidence to dress like a boy but act like a girl.”

Source : Alexa Chung (2014). “It”, p.119, Penguin UK

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