"Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence."

-- Azar Nafisi

#Pain Quotes #Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes

“And thus love makes fools of us all.”
“There is nothing special in the world. nothing magic. just physics.”
“I was at a speaking engagement for MIT... and I said, 'The Professor has all sorts of degrees, including one from this very institution [MIT]! And that's why I can make a radio out of a coconut, and not fix a hole in a boat!'”
“I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.”

Source : Polk, James K. (1910). “The diary of James K. Polk during his presidency, 1845 to 1849, now first printed from the original manuscript in the collections of the Chicago historical society; Volume 4”, p.331, Best Books on
“Historically courts in this country have been insulated. We do not look beyond our borders for precedents.”
“The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.”
“When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.”
“What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?”

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