"I never found even in my juvenile hours that it was necessary to go a thousand miles in search of themes for moralizing."

-- Horace Walpole

#Hours Quotes #Theme Quotes #Miles Quotes

“I read one or two other books which gave me a background in mathematics other than logic.”
“She was--I keep using the past tense; I ought to say she is--one of those people who, at first sight, look plain, are quiet, unassertive, unmemorable even. But who, when they start to talk and you get to know them, become more and more attractive and impressive, and you see that in fact they are beautiful. Not conventionally beautiful, not celebrity beautiful, but beautiful all through.”
“Only a life of prayer and meditation will render a vessel ready for the Master's use.”

Source : George Muller (2005). “Release The Power Of Prayer”, p.9, Whitaker House
“I have become a bit obsessed with eyebrows. I used to never have any, and then I realised big eyebrows are good, and now I'm an eyebrow fiend. Everyone comes to me to get their eyebrows done.”
“Enemies,' the wizard said, 'are the price of honour.”
“I'd like to give you my heart, but since that might be inconvenient, I've brought you someone else's.”

Source : Annette Curtis Klause (2007). “Blood and Chocolate”, p.19, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
“I don't think about risks much. I just do what I want to do. If you gotta go, you gotta go.”
“Sometimes I shrink from your knowing what I have felt for you, and sometimes I am distressed that all of it you will never know.”

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