"I don't think I ever relinquish a person I have known, and surely not my fictional characters. I see them, I hear them, with a clarity that I would call hallucinatory if hallucination didn't mean something else ... A character whom we create can never die, any more than a friend can die ... Through [my characters] I've lived many parallel lives."

-- Marguerite Yourcenar

#Character Quotes #Mean Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“O beautiful for spacious skies, . . . O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved, And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Til all success be nobleness And every gain divine!”

Source : Katharine Lee Bates (1911). “America the Beautiful: And Other Poems”
“I can admit there are some problems in hip hop but it is only a reflection of what's taking place in our society. Hip hop is sick because America is sick.”
“Like 84% of Canadians, I believe in God.”
“To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.”
“The Confederations Cup is interesting. It served Spain very well to take part and then go on to win the 2010 World Cup. We knew the stadiums, the atmosphere, the conditions and also the difficulties of a tournament which simulated the World Cup format.”
“And in what fairy tale would John ever be any sane person's idea of Prince Charming anyway? He was the opposite of charming. More like Prince Terrifying.”
“Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man!”

Source : Thomas Campion (1909). “The Complete English Works of Thomas Campion”
“The enjoyment of life is only possible if we could get connected to the spirit.”

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