"When we fall in love, we hope - both egotistically and altruistically - that we shall be finally, truly seen: judged and approved. Of course, love does not always bring approval: being seen may just as well lead to a thumbs-down and a season in hell."

-- Julian Barnes

#Falling In Love Quotes #May Quotes #Down And Quotes

“I do not need someone to complete me, but if you wanted to, we could walk next to each other into whatever is coming next.”
“The past two decades revolutionized the way we access information. You and I can have our questions answered with the click of a mouse at any time of day. If America, both corporation and citizen alike, can use these services to solve problems, why can't Washington?”
“Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.”
“Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute! Those aren't my teeth!”
“I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.”
“This grieved me heartily ; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.”
“It's so ironic. When you finally achieve recognition, you hide behind dark glasses.”
“Ah! Wretched and too solitary he who loves not his own company.”

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