"Did you not look upon the world this morning and imagine it as the boy might see it? And did you not recognize the mist and the dew and the birdsong as elements not of a place or a time but of a spirit? And did you not envy the boy his spirit? For you know there can be no power over him who freely gives what another would take. Such a one has the capacity to love. Freely, naively, to say I do."

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Source : Jamie O'Neill (2002). “At Swim, Two Boys: A Novel”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

Jamie O'Neill

#Morning Quotes #Boys Quotes #Capacity To Love Quotes

“I'm very open to dating and finding a guy.”

Source : "Kristin CAVALLARI's looking for a guy - and Guy Ritchie sure is looking". www.mirror.co.uk. May 31, 2009.
“For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.”

Source : "Mae Whitman,'The Perks Of Being A Wallflower' Star, On Being Cast In 'Arrested Development'" by Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 21, 2012.
“Well you know when people around you treat you like a child and pay no attention to the things you say you have to do something.”
“Thank God for Occupy and thank God for 'The Daily Show,' Colbert and the rising up that's going on around the world.”
“Given continued high rates of population increase, all environmental victories are temporary.”
“Undertaking initially to protect its citizens against aggression, [government] has often itself become â€¦ a far greater aggressor.”
“You know you are addicted to a food if despite knowing it is bad for you and despite wanting to change, you still keep eating it. Addiction means that a craving has more control over your behavior than you do.”

Source : Kathy Freston (2011). “Veganist: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, Change the World (Large Print 16pt)”, p.242, ReadHowYouWant.com
“As a journalist, my job is to be dispassionate. Suddenly to be the centre of a story and to be crying, it made me feel very insecure.”

Source : "Kaplinsky's tears over family secret". Interview in Metro, August 28, 2007.

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