"When I was little, my friends would gush over wedding gowns and honeymoons. But I saw too many people flush decades together down the toilet over money or kids or meaningless flings. My own parents chose to stay married, which I think is rather funny, since they show about as much affection for each other as pit bulls in a ring. Tying the knot means slipping a noose around love and choking it to death."

-- Ellen Hopkins

#Mean Quotes #Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Take love as a sober man takes wine; do not become a drunkard. If your mistress is sincere and faithful, love her for that; but if she is not, if she is merely young and beautiful, love her for that; if she is agreeable and spirituelle, love her for that; if she is none of these things but merely loves you, love her for that. Love does not come to us every day.”

Source : Alfred de Musset (2012). “The Confession of a Child of the Century”, p.50, tredition
“Sometimes you can cattle rope your heart and sometimes you can't, is all.”
“Unlike abortion nobody gets hurt when gays marry but it does have deep implications for what kind of society we want to be. Therefore, individual states should decide the question.”
“Repressively, Lymond himself answered. â€œI dislike being discussed as if I were a disease. Nobody â€˜gotâ€™ me,â€ he said.”
“The Anglo-Saxon farmers had scarce conquered foothold, stronghold, freehold in the Western wilderness before they became sowers of hemp--with remembrance of Virginia, with remembrance of dear ancestral Britain.”

Source : James Lane Allen (2016). “The reign of law. A tale of the Kentucky hemp fields.”, p.2, Aegitas
“My aim is to institute perpetual adoration," he said, for this is the "the most important activity.”
“I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Whether via social media or in person, building your relationships is a long-term process, and the ultimate goal is to strengthen your network one person at a time.”

Source : "The Power of 'No'” by Raymond J. Arroyo, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 9, 2012.

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