"As for myself, there are two things I dread, - death and marriage. I must die, but I need not marry. I have sworn I will never be taken alive."

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Source : Molly Elliot Seawell (1899). “The sprightly romance of Marsac”

Molly Elliot Seawell

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“Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good.”
“The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed. Prayer is striking the winning blow ... service is gathering up the results.”
“Rationalists are admirable beings, rationalism is a hideous monster when it claims for itself omnipotence. Attribution of omnipotence to reason is as bad a piece of idolatry as is worship of stock and stone believing it to be God.”
“I'm in my 30's, and I'm still struggling with defining myself. I'm working every day to take control of things that are out of my control, and not letting them bring me down or frustrate me, to the point of paralysis.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Hitting a golf ball correctly is the most sophisticated and complicated maneuver in all of sports, with the possible exception of eating a hot dog at a ball game without getting mustard on your shirt.”
“In many of the things that people do, they themselves are the centre of attention, but they inscribe some other name on their banner.”
“You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and grace. That is enough for me.”

Source : Ignatius Loyola (2014). “The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola:: 15 Day Retreat in Order by Day and Hour (illustrated)”, p.254, BookBaby
“It's so legato it's difficult to splice. Sibelius was famous for that.”

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