"duty, the most indecent of all obsessions, was only another name for love."

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Source : Colleen McCullough (1999). “Three Complete Novels”, Wings

Colleen McCullough

#Names Quotes #Obsession Quotes #Duty Quotes

“I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies.”
“When I lifted weights, I didn't lift just to maintain my muscle tone. I lifted to increase what I already had, to push to a new limit. Every time I worked, I was getting a little better. I kept moving that limit back and back. Every time I walked out of the gym, I was a little better than when I walked in.”
“We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.”
“You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.”
“A friend is someone who can brighten your day with a simple smile, when others try to do it with a thousand words.”
“The suspicion and antagonism of academics, clerics and intellectuals towards the market... go hand in hand with their disdain for the preference and habits of ordinary people.”
“Behold the pre-prophetic symbols of the planes of Never. Behold, behold this thisness! This isness.”
“Caesar recognized the omens, but he didn't believe they applied to him.”

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