"Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly."

-- Pablo Neruda

#Summer Quotes #Butterfly Quotes #June Quotes

“I do forget sometimes how much it means for certain menâ€”for certain peopleâ€”to be able to provide their loved ones with material comforts and protection at all times. I forget how dangerously reduced some men can feel when that basic ability has been stripped from them. I forget how much that matters to men, what it represents.”
“Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.”
“Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.”
“There are some poisons which, before they kill men, allay pain and diffuse a soothing sensation through the frame. We may recognize the hour of enjoyment they procure, but we must not separate it from the price at which it was purchased.”
“Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.”
“If it is the case that our activities depend on how we ourselves see them, what we believe about them, then if we have crazy, fuzzy ideas about teaching, we will be likely to do crazy and fuzzy things in its name.”
“The wonders of the ages assembled for your edification, education and enjoyment - for a price.”
“If a relationship is built on sexuality, it won't last long.”

Source : "Howard's Den". Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. August 1, 2007.

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