"Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art."

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Source : "Fifty Shades from Christian’s Point of View: Includes Grey and Darker". Book by E. L. James, 2017.

E. L. James

#Art Quotes #Moving Quotes #Ivory Tower Quotes

“If there is someone in need whom you wish to help, whether the initiative came from him or from you, do no more than he expects of you, not what you might personally wish to do. If you overstep the mark, you will not deserve thanks, but blame from him and others and you will attract hostility, not friendship.”
“Seeing that my words had done absolutely nothing to pull North from whatever depths he was clinging to, Owain did what came naturally. He smacked North upside the head hard enough to send him sprawling into the window. And when it seemed that North would turn around and return the favor, Owain hit him again, harder.”
“I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.”
“To be alive, it seemed to me, as I stood there in all kinds of sorrow, was to be both original and reflection, and to be dead was to be split off, to be reflection alone.”

Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City”, p.192, Faber & Faber
“It is all here. You make the choice.”

Source : "A Library That Would Rather Block Than Offend" by Pamela Mendels, archive.nytimes.com. January 18, 1997.
“Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.”

Source : Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (2015). “On Love & Happiness”, p.25, Lulu Press, Inc
“God help me now to preach the Word to all the dying around, and tell them how.”
“And remember this, that if you've been hated, you've also been loved.”

Source : Henry James (2015). “The Complete Novels of Henry James: The Portrait of a Lady + The Wings of the Dove + What Maisie Knew + The American + The Bostonian + The Ambassadors + Washington Square and more (Unabridged): Confidence + Roderick Hudson + The Awkward Age + The Europeans + The Golden Bowl + The Other House + The Outcry + The Princess Casamassima + The Reverberator + The Sacred Fount….”, p.2844, e-artnow

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