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“There is lust and then there is love. They are related, but still very different things. To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise.”
Source : Anne Fortier (2010). “Juliet: A Novel”, p.85, Ballantine Books
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“The death of Mrs. Lincoln was a serious loss to her husband and children. Abraham's sister Sarah was only eleven years old, and the tasks and cares of the little household were altogether too heavy for her years and experience.”
Source : John George Nicolay (1922). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History ...”, p.104, Library of Alexandria
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“A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.”
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“The hands really show signs of age.”
Source : "Face Time | Lela Rose". Interview with Tina Turnbow, tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com. May 31, 2011.
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“The sinister, the terrible never deceive: the state in which they leave us is always one of enlightenment. And only this condition of vicious insight allows us a full grasp of the world, all things considered, just as a frigid melancholy grants us full possession of ourselves. We may hide from horror only in the heart of horror. (“The Medusaâ€)”
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“With businesses, you go to the same places because you like the service, you like the people and they take care of you. They greet you with a smile. That's how people want to be treated, with respect. That's what I tell my employees.. customer service is very important.”
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“All of the great whales are endangered.”
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“I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.”