"Old places and old persons in their turn, when spirit dwells in them, have an intrinsic vitality of which youth is incapable, precisely, the balance and wisdom that come from long perspectives and broad foundations"

-- George Santayana

#Wisdom Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Long Quotes

“He was then in his fifty-fourth year, when even in the case of poets reason and passion begin to discuss a peace treaty and usually conclude it not very long afterwards.”
“Bunny slippers remind me of who I am.You can't get a swelled head if you wear bunny slippers. You can't lose your sense of perspective and start acting like a star or a rich lady if you keep on wearing bunny slippers. Besides, bunny slippers give me confidence because they're so jaunty. They make a statement; they say, 'Nothing the world does to me can ever get me so far down that I can't be silly and frivolous.”
“A work will only have deep resonance if the kind of darkness I can generate is something that is resident in me already”
“I learned to write with my desk in the living room, next to the TV. But mostly in my head, and I try to be able to do it under any circumstances.”
“Islam didn't make it Haram for you to fall in love. It didn't forbid you from wanting someone. It only guides that love so it protects you, her, your families and especially saves you from humiliation on judgment day. If you love her so much, why are you ok with letting her engage in this questionable relationship knowing full well that she will have to answer Allah just like you will. You don't love her enough to save her from that?”
“Shopping online is fantastic for comparison shopping, because never before have you had the ability to see all the prices offered from everybody at one time.”
“You cannot describe truly what you are but you can enjoy and directly experience what you are. Therein lies the joy of existence.”
“Sometimes love can be so wrong/Like a fat man in a thong,”

Source : Song: Terms of my Surrender, 2014

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