"If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome?"

-- P. D. James

#Pride Quotes #Prejudice Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“But the little things are what make up life”

Source : Jenny Han (2014). “To All the Boys I've Loved Before”, p.294, Simon and Schuster
“Here and there on the branch of an oak a congress of leaves still clung, rigid as flakes of bronze.”
“The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the like.”
“Sometimes--and I know it doesn't last for anything more than a second--sometimes there can be perfect understanding between two people who can't stand each other. He smiled, and I smiled, and we put the Timex watches on, and we watched the seconds flit by.”
“Ask for a valiant heart which has banished the fear of death, which looks upon the length of days as one of the least of nature's gifts; which is able to suffer every kind of hardship, is proof against anger, craves for nothing, and reckons the trials and gruelling labours of Hercules as more desirable blessings than the amorous ease and the banquets and cushions of Sardanapallus. The things that I recommend you can grant to yourself.”
“Life is full of chances -- and those times when we each trust our own guts and have a terrific outcome reaffirms our ability to make good decisions.”
“Any object of thought is both 'more than what we think, and different'.”
“Fear is gradually replaced by excitement and a simple desire to see what you can do on the day.”

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