"A great deal has been written about the forthrightness of the moderns shocking the Victorians, but there is no shock like the one which the forthrightness of the Victorians can give a modern."

-- Margery Allingham

#Giving Quotes #Modern Quotes #Shock Quotes

“Perhaps when the light of heaven shows us clearly the pitfalls and dangers of the earth road that led to the heavenly city, our sweetest songs of gratitude will be not for the troubles we have conquered, but for those we have escaped.”
“I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.”
“Better to do a little well, then a great deal badly.”
“I love to love. However, you won't see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I'm married.”
“You may substitute knowledge for superstition without satisfying the needs that drive people into superstition's arms.”

Source : Susan Neiman (2009). “Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists”, p.132, Random House
“I've always been more than a little mystified by poets who seem to think talking to people as directly as possible is a bad thing. I mean, I don't want to set up a straw man here: I understand that for many poets - and for me, at times - writing truly means writing in a way that is difficult, simply because the poem is trying to grasp for something elusive. So the difficulty of the poem is just unavoidable, and not in any way artificially imposed. So "as possible" is the key part of the phrase above, I suppose.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You only live once, so I try to say yes to everything.”
“Adversity in life teaches you.”

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