"Every act of loving affirms the goodness of the lover just because he is capable of loving and being loved."

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Source : John Dufresne (2008). “Love Warps the Mind a Little: A Novel”, p.199, W. W. Norton & Company

John Dufresne

#Lovers Quotes #Goodness Quotes #Capable Quotes

“There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is seldom thought of in time, the interest becomes a loss, exertions to raise it by dent of industry cease, it comes easy and is spent freely, and many things (are) indulged in that would never be thought of if (they were) to be purchased by the sweat of the brow.”
“I knew, however, that it would cost ten times what I had available in order to build a molecular beam machine. I decided to follow a byway, rather than the highway. It is a procedure I have subsequently recommended to beginning scientists in this country, where research strategy is best modelled on that used by Wolfe at the Plains of Abraham.”
“You never have to be scared of the trials but of standing alone in the trials without shelter (Allah's help).”
“A lot of directors are great and they are fine but you know I think that Harry really takes a special point to really engage the actors and really make it feel like a safe place for them to explore whatever it is they want to explore in whatever scene with their character.”
“I'm gonna kick your teeth so far down your throat you'll be able to chew your own ***** out for pissin' me off.”
“I've been running my whole life. Running into bars, running around the world. But when you have a child, you can't run. That was a revelation.”
“There is true freedom in letting go.”
“General [James] Mattis has got a really intellectual mindset about how the United States should go about protecting its national security.”

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