"No person of quality ever remembers social restrictions save when considering how most piquantly to break them."

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James Branch Cabell

#Quality Quotes #Remember Quotes #Break Quotes

“She taught me what's important, and what isn't. And I've never forgotten. And that's what mothers do, I say.”

Source : Steven Herrick (2004). “A Place Like this”, p.106, Simon and Schuster
“...of two simple men I saw today on the pier in the midst of the crowd, parting the parting of dear friends, the one to remain hung on the other's neck and passionately kissed him. While the one to depart tightly pressed the one to remain in his arms.”
“I find inspiration in everything.”
“To conclude this discussion, assessment of justice demands engagement with the 'eyes of mankind',first, because we may variously identify with the others elsewhere and not just with our local community;second, because our choices and actions may affect the lives of others far as well as near;and third,because what they see from their respective perspective of history and geography may help us to overcome our own parochialism.”
“Genius is an infinite capacity for pain.”
“My upbringing did not create a healthy affection for confrontation. I'd love it if everyone always got along, and nothing ever got tense.”
“He [Will Rogers] was America's most complete human document. One-third humor. One-third humanitarian. One-third heart.”
“What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?”

Source : Thomas Malory (2009). “Le MORTE DARTHUR: the Book of King Arthur and of His Noble Knights of the Round Table [volume 2 Of 4]”, p.52, Lulu.com

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