"Didn't your mother ever tell you," Rob asked, "that you're supposed to play hard to get?" I looked at his lips. I probably don't need to tell you that they're really nice lips, kind of full and strong-looking. "What," I wanted to know, "is that going to get me?"

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Meg Cabot

#Mother Quotes #Strong Quotes #Nice Quotes

“Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking.”
“Yes, we rather condemn people for eternity without the courtesy of informing them.”

Source : Matthew Pearl (2011). “The Dante Club: Historical Mystery”, p.31, Random House
“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.”

Source : Yvon Chouinard (2016). “Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual”, p.174, Penguin
“That's basically the mantra of Herr Silverman's teaching - think for yourself and do what's right for you, but let others do the same.”

Source : Matthew Quick (2013). “Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock”, p.30, Hachette UK
“This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It forms a double security to the people. If one encroaches on their rights they will find a powerful protection in the other. Indeed, they will both be prevented from overpassing their constitutional limits by a certain rivalship, which will ever subsist between them.”
“I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.”
“I throw my curveball like Clayton Kershaw and my fastball like Mo'ne Davis.”
“The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.”

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