"Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is permanently top nation, that foreigners do not matter, and that if the worst comes to the worst, Lord Salisbury will send a gunboat."

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Source : "God and the Atom". Book by Ronald Knox, pp. 53 - 54, 1945.

Ronald Knox

#Queens Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Matter Quotes

“I think societal instinct much deeper than sex instinct â€” and societal repression much more devastating.”
“There is a very personal price to public humiliation, and the growth of the Internet has jacked up that price.”
“If at all God's gaze falls upon us all it's with a mischievous grin, look at him.”
“There are threads in our lives. You pull one, and everything else gets affected.”

Source : Dennis Lehane (2010). “Mystic River”, Hachette UK
“The first time I flew, it was being alive. Nothing was pressing under me. I was living in the fullness of air; air all around me, no holding place to break the air spaces. It's worth everything to be alone in the air, alive.”

Source : William Wharton (2012). “Birdy”, p.31, HarperCollins UK
“My personal sense of humor is edgy, I would say more cable-like: words you're not allowed to say, ideas that the majority of people might say, "That's too risquÃ© for me."”
“Don't say 'what,' say 'pardon,' darling, and do as your mother tells you.”
“Take people's advice and guidance in the beginning, but always follow your instincts first”

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