"Sun, silence, and happiness."

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Source : Nancy Mitford (2010). “The Pursuit of Love”, p.182, Vintage

Nancy Mitford

#Silence Quotes #Sun Quotes

“I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the process of writing a first draft how it's all going to turn out.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.”
“When we see social relationships controlled everywhere by the principles which Jesus illustrated in life -- trust, love, mercy, and altruism -- then we shall know that the kingdom of God is here.”
“I trusted her about as far as I could throw her. I was strong and she was small, but it still wasn't very far.”
“Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.”
“Youth offers the promise of happiness, but life offers the realities of grief.”
“The beauteous dragonfly's dancing By the waves of the rivulet glancing; She dances here and she dances there, The glimmering, glittering flutterer fair. Full many a beetle with loud applause Admires her dress of azure gauze, Admires her body's bright splendour, And also her figure so slender...”
“Even Australians who take a very, very hard line about asylum seekers - and unfortunately there are more than I would like to think - are probably a bit uncomfortable with the kind of treatment that has been meted out to children in detention by the Australian Government, in their name.”

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