"I wanted her body and soul, but body first."

-- Philip Sington

#Soul Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Body Quotes

“You will be interested to hear, Hilary, that it [the drug] had a most remarkable effect â€” even on Selena after a very modest quantity. She cast off all conventional restraints and devoted herself without shame to the pleasure of the moment." I asked for particulars of this uncharacteristic conduct. "She took from her handbag a paperback edition of Pride and Prejudice and sat on the sofa reading it, declining all offers of conversation.”
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
“Most of the press is sent to my publicist so I do see most of what is written about me.”
“A market economy is to economics what democracy is to government: a decent, if flawed, choice among many bad alternatives.”

Source : Charles Wheelan (2010). “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science (Fully Revised and Updated)”, p.28, W. W. Norton & Company
“If you're not a thorn in somebody's side, you aren't doing Christianity right.”
“Meanings generating meanings - the process has backed us into a particular corner, a kind of cave, where sunlight seldom enters.”
“I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any journey with the purpose of finding something that matters deeply to the traveler. With a deepening of focus, keen prepartion, attention to the path below our feet, and respect for the destination at hand, it is possible to transform, even the most ordinary journey into a sacred journey, a pligrimage.”
“Witch hunters is white womenâ€™s worry.”

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