"There are those who, while reading a book, recall, compare, conjure up emotions from other, previous readings. This is one of the most delicate forms of adultery."

-- Ezequiel Martinez Estrada

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“A decision by the Fuhrer in the express form of a law or a decree may not be scrutinized by a judge. In addition, the judge is bound by any other decision of the Fuhrer.”
“In the plains the grass grows tall, since there is no one to cut it. There is no one to water it either.”
“The curse of covetousness is that it destroys manhood by substituting money for character.”
“A woman who could always love would never grow old; and the love of mother and wife would often give or preserve many charms if it were not too often combined with parental and conjugal anger. There remains in the face of women who are naturally serene and peaceful, and of those rendered so by religion, an after-spring, and later an after-summer, the reflex of their most beautiful bloom.”
“We neither know nor judge ourselves; others may judge, but cannot know us. God alone judges and knows us.”

Source : Wilkie Collins (2015). “Basil: A Story of Modern Life (Unabridged): From the prolific English writer, best known for The Woman in White, Armadale, The Moonstone, The Dead Secret, Man and Wife, Poor Miss Finch, The Black Robe, The Law and The Lady…”, p.9, e-artnow
“Now what happens?" asked the man in black. "We face each other as God intended," Fezzik said. "No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone." "You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people, is that it?”
“There are a lot of magazines that are still sort of... that only cater to a certain demographic and only put certain people on their covers.”
“Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.”

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