"Trotsky rises to give me his hand, then sits at his desk, gently allowing his regard to light on my person."

-- Georges Simenon

#Light Quotes #Hands Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I hope you will go out today looking for opportunities to do as He did and to love as He loves. I can promise you the peace that you felt as a child will come to you often and it will linger with you. The promise is true that He made to His disciples: â€œPeace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you:... not as the world giveth, give I unto you.”
“This crime called blasphemy was invented by priests for the purpose of defending doctrines not able to take care of themselves.”
“To be free is to be equal, but to be equal is not to be free.”
“It is so easy to believe in pleasant impossibilities.”
“I started digging and found that Israel signed a peace treaty with the United Arab Emirates after the country had diversified their economy, instead of being solely oil-based. This diversification had brought about modernization. I realized that if you land the price of oil, countries will diversify their economies and as a result, modernize.”
“A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.”

Source : Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (2012). “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”, p.320, Routledge
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”
“How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.”

You may also like:

Agatha Christie
Novelist
Andrea Camilleri
Writer
Arthur Conan Doyle
Physician
Dashiell Hammett
Author
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
Jean Gabin
Film actor
Mathieu Amalric
Film actor
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
Rex Stout
Writer