"Shall I tell you what makes love so dangerous? 'Tis the too high idea we are apt to form of it."

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Ninon de L'Enclos

#Ideas Quotes #Making Love Quotes #Form Quotes

“If a building makes us light up, it is not because we see order; any row of file cabinets is ordered. What we recognize and love is the same kind of pattern we see in every face, the pattern of our own life form. The same principles apply to buildings that apply to mollusks, birds or trees. Architecture is the play of patterns derived from nature and ourselves.”

Source : Jonathan Hale (1994). “The Old Way of Seeing”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Alzheimer's disease is death before death, and I'm terrified of it.”

Source : "It's Too Late to Say I'm Sorry". Book by Joey Comeau, "1e4" story, 2007.
“When the Chinese told Google that they had to block sites or they couldn't do [business] in their country, they managed to figure out how to block sites.”

Source : "Dodd slams Google over legislatoin" by Ted Johnson, variety.com. December 8, 2011.
“Black people should have recognition for themselves and their backgrounds and their relationships with other people in the world and thus lose some of their alienation. This museum has certainly stood for that in this town.”
“The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesnâ€™t mean that something is wrong. What a relief.”
“... a lively imagination can exercise itself most fully and creatively in conjuring up magnificent combinations.”
“But churches always have been the leading cause of the need for churches.”

Source : David James Duncan (1996). “The Brothers K”, Dial Press
“When I lost the use of my hi-hat and bass drum legs, I became basically a singer. I was a drummer who did a bit of singing, and then I became a singer who did a bit of percussion.”

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