"An aristocrat in morals as in mind."

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Source : Owen Wister (1930). “Theodore Roosevelt: The Story of a Friendship, 1880-1919”

Owen Wister

#Mind Quotes #Moral Quotes

“Staring at the world through the bottom of a glass, all I see is a man who's fading fast.”
“The question of religion in black America is something filmmakers don't want to touch.”
“Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog. He has deep knowledge to impart. He makes friends easily and doesn't hold a grudge. He enjoys simple pleasures and takes each day as it comes. Like a true Zen master he eats when he is hungry and sleeps when he is tired. He's not hung up about sex. Best of all, he befriends me with an unconditional love that human beings would do well to imitate.”
“A woman's body works as if it knew something she didn't, and does not have her best interests at heart. If you need to look your best it will deliver you a pimple; if you don't want it to, your period will start early; if you want a baby badly your body refuses to give you one; if you are content in your life, lo, you are pregnant.”
“Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their appearance that there is no other development.”
“My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.”
“The ethos and critique are of poetry, which becomes a rich dark with a phosphorescence of lyric as witness.”
“I love you forever. I am sorry I cannot love you now.”

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