"There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes the beauty or deformity of a man's character is the choice he makes under which banner he determines to enlist himself. But there is a strong distinction between different degress in the same thing and a mixture of two contraries."

-- Sarah Fielding

#Strong Quotes #Character Quotes #Passion Quotes

“It is a little stream, which flows softly, but freshens everything along its course.”
“In Egypt, a civil state means a modern nationalist state that is compatible with Islamist provisions.”
“Be young forever, seasons of the earth.”

Source : Czeslaw Milosz (2017). “Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004”, p.230, Penguin UK
“Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard, our need to make sense of our lives, to wake up and grow and belong. It is no wonder if we sometimes tend to take ourselves perhaps a bit too seriously.”
“I was taught from childhood of the sanctity of food. Not a piece of bread could be thrown away without kissing it and raising it to one's eyes as with all things holy.”
“I live and die with the Chicago Cubs”
“With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.”
“I don't think I look like the pope's favorite Catholic - at least not under close scrutiny.”

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