"I must be like the princess who felt the pea through seven mattresses; each book is a pea."

-- C. S. Forester

#Book Quotes #Princess Quotes #Seven Quotes

“If readers, young and old, would take even a moment to reflect on our rapidly shifting culture and ideology, I would be happy. Many leaders of the older generation dismiss emerging culture. Those leaders are at risk of becoming a feeble voice-piece without followers. Most of the younger generation is going deaf to the truth.”
“The music that inspires the souls of lovers exists within themselves and the private universe they occupy. They share it with each other; they do not share it with the tribe or with society. The courage to hear that music and to honor it is one of the prerequisites of romantic love.”
“It is right to love beauty and to desire it; but God desires us to love and seek first the highest beauty, that which is imperishable. No outward adorning can compare in value or loveliness with that "meek and quiet spirit."”
“When he said to give him the sword, I donâ€™t think he meant for you to stick it in his guts.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2014). “The Iron Druid Chronicles 6-Book Bundle: Hounded, Hexed, Hammered, Tricked, Trapped, Hunted”, p.103, Del Rey
“I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.”
“I went to Brunel University and very much wanted to go on to do a PhD in management, but then my acting career started to take off. In those days when you switched on the box there were hardly any brown or black faces.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again.”
“My mum is a school teacher and my dad is an electrician.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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