"Giving presents is one of the most possessive things we do, did you realize that? It's the way we keep a hold on other people. Plant ourselves in their lives."

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Penelope Lively

#People Quotes #Giving Quotes #Way Quotes

“She turned her face seaward to gather in an impression of space and solitude, which the vast expanse of water, meeting and melting with the moonlit sky, conveyed to her excited fancy. As she swam she seemed to be reaching out for the unlimited in which to lose herself.”
“I will never contest election in Nigeria. Whenever my husband retires, I will go back home with him.”
“When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.”
“Small businesses want things streamlined, and one of the great successes we're having is less paperwork, faster turnaround times.”
“My first influence obviously was Picasso.”
“As you love the Earth, so shall she love you.”
“Somewhere there must one Made for this soul, to move it.”

Source : William Johnson Cory (1858). “Ionica”, p.31
“Without analysis, no synthesis.”

Source : Friedrich Engels (1935). “Herr Eugen Dühring's revolution in science [anti-Dühring]”

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