"Some persons' letters seem almost framed to afford a series of alibis for their personality ..."

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Source : Vernon Lee (1907). “Hortus Vitae: And Limbo”

Vernon Lee

#Personality Quotes #Letters Quotes #Framed Quotes

“If we become an accomplice to criminal activities by the American government, then we are liable too.”
“We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.”
“A revolution is not the overturning of a cart, a reshuffling in the cards of state. It is a process, a swelling, a new growth in the race. If it is real, not simply a trauma, it is another ring in the tree of history, layer upon layer of invisible tissue composing the evidence of a circle.”
“When a man goes on a date he wonders if he is going to get lucky. A woman already knows.”
“I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.”

Source : "Just A Minute With: Fashion designer Zac Posen". Reuters Interview, www.reuters.com. September 10, 2007.
“With us the inner nature accords with the outer expectation. The body follows the mind, and the mind seeks the soul, which it strives toward but has not yet won. With you it is otherwise. The mind follows the body in pursuit of the soul you have been told you already have. Because you cannot find it, you assume you have lost it somewhere in your past, and this keeps you from achieving it in your future.”
“Not true at all. Vaseline is manufactured right here in the United States.”
“To me, it looks like an opportunity for school choice. I'd also like to see a pilot program to allow true school choice ? vouchers.”

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