"And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleasing ones, and since our sense of evil is, I fear, more acute than our sense of good, we become the victims of our feelings, unless we can in some degree command them."

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Source : Ann Radcliffe (2015). “The Mysteries of Udolpho: Horror and Romance”, p.80, 谷月社

Ann Radcliffe

#Evil Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“There ought to be a way in which you can challenge lack of experience, which I think is hugely important, one of the reasons that I chose Hillary Clinton, not just because I've known her for many years, but because I've seen how tough the job is, having worked as President Clinton's deputy chief of staff.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“In keeping with my family's affection for doomed product lines and hexed formats, we purchased a Betamax. The year before, we'd bought a TRS-80 instead of an Apple II, and in due course we'd unbox Mattel's Intellivision, instead of Atari's legendary gizmo. This was good training for a writer, for the sooner you accept the fact that you are a deluded idiot who is always out of step with reality the better off you will be.”
“Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.”
“Salt, when dissolved in water, may disappear, but it does not cease to exist. We can be sure of its presence by tasting the water. Likewise, the indwelling Christ, though unseen, will be made evident to others from the love which he imparts to us.”
“Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.”
“When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.”

Source : "The Cancer Journals". Book by Audre Lorde, 1980.
“Everyone wants immediate success, immediate celebrity, and that doesn't produce what used to be artists.”

Source : "Calm after the storm" by John O'Mahony, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2002.
“If you don't believe in God, I don't believe in you.”

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