"The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise, and celestial hell - in short, harmony of opposite yearnings, sorrowful laughter, soft diamond."

-- Umberto Eco

#Laughter Quotes #Pain Quotes #Love Is Quotes

“A child's character develops in accordance with the obstacles he has encountered... or the freedom favoring his development that he has enjoyed.”
“People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.”
“How competitive can you be without losing your discipline?”
“Those watercolourists who work from light to dark know that the darks do the damage.”
“What he has in addition is pure empathy and projection,â€ Dr. Bloom said. â€œHe can assume your point of view, or mine â€“ and maybe some other points of view that scare and sicken him. Itâ€™s an uncomfortable gift, Jack. Perceptionâ€™s a tool thatâ€™s pointed on both ends.”
“The economies in Europe that will prosper, are those that are the greenest and the most energy efficient”
“All she heard next of the strange conversation behind the sofa was Mrs. Pendragon saying something about sending Twinkle (or was his name Howl?) to bed without supper and Twinkle daring her to 'jutht TRY it.”
“Soul music is timeless.”

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