"For monarchs seldom sigh in vain."

-- Walter Scott

#Royalty Quotes #Vain Quotes #Sigh Quotes

“...Nature builds up her refined and invisible architecture, with a delicacy eluding our conception, yet with a symmetry and beauty which we are never weary of admiring.”
“We are often miserable at our desk or typewriters, but not happy away from them.”
“There is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children.”
“Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes, hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.”
“To the everlasting credit of the people of District 12, not one person claps. Not even the ones holding betting slips, the ones who are usually beyond caring. Possibly because they know me from the Hob, or knew my father, or have encountered Prim, who no one could help loving. So instead of acknowledging applause, I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence. Which says we do not agree. We do not condone. All of this is wrong.”

Source : Suzanne Collins (2009). “The Hunger Games”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.
“What makes you tough is your mindset and I believe anyone can be tough.”
“When were we the most egalitarian country in the world? When we had the Glass/Steagal Act, which prevented the banks from becoming the criminal operations that they've become.”
“There's going to be a flood of opportunities right now but I don't think I could really talk about them.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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