"Let those who wish have their respectability- I wanted freedom, freedom to indulge in whatever caprice struck my fancy, freedom to search in the farthermost corners of the earth for the beautiful, the joyous, and the romantic."

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Source : RICHARD HALLIBURTON (1925). “THE ROYAL ROAD TO ROMANCE”

Richard Halliburton

#Beautiful Quotes #Wish Quotes #Earth Quotes

“Vigilantly guard your mind against erroneous and destructive thought as you would guard your house against burglars and assassins.”
“Pray look upon the plants and birds, the ants, spiders, and bees, and you will see them all exerting their nature, and busy in their station. Pray, shall not a man act like a man?”
“Melting pot Harlem-Harlem of honey and chocolate and caramel and rum and vinegar and lemon and lime and gall. Dusky dream Harlem rumbling into a nightmare tunnel where the subway from the Bronx keeps right on downtown.”
“Truths may clash without contradicting each other.”
“The more you fulfill yourself, the less you will seek God.”
“I've got Flossie dog, and she is great. She and I are still in love, 14 years. That's a relationship that works.”
“Peering down into the water where the morning sun fashioned wheels of light, coronets fanwise in which lay trapped each twig, each grain of sediment, long flakes and blades of light in the dusty water sliding away like optic strobes where motes sifted and spun.”
“You can't change conditions - just the way you deal with them.”

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