"Beyond all the fires of love through which one passes there is the star of Duty, and happy the individual who can live in its serenity."

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Source : William John Locke (1906). “The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne: A Novel”

William John Locke

#Stars Quotes #Fire Quotes #Serenity Quotes

“Beauty is all about us, but how many are blind! They look at the wonder of this earth and seem to see nothing. People move hectically but give little thought to where they are going. They seek excitement...as if they were lost and desperate.”
“Women enjoyed rights in Egypt they would not again enjoy for more than 2,000 years. They owned ships, ran vineyards, filed lawsuits, practiced medicine. Their husbands supported them after divorce. Their power was unprecedented.”
“Keanu Reeves is, like, the worst actor I've ever seen. I can't believe he's a movie star.”
“Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World peoples, control their markets, extort tribute, undermine their cultures, destroy their villages, steal their lands and natural resources, enslave their labor, and accumulate vast wealth.”
“Ive never understood having crushes on people who you dont know in real life. I only crush on people I meet. I mean, I can appreciate that someone is good-looking, obviously, but I dont intend to fantasize about people I dont know!”
“Defeat doesn't finish a man, quit does. A man is not finished when he's defeated. He's finished when he quits.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Rueful, bittersweet, funny, written with tenderness and bite, Merrill Feitell's stories, like so many classic short stories, are made from the plain and painful stuff of this world, and haunted by the possibility, and the impossibility, of a better one.”
“Religion is a major player in the poaching crisis. We've ignored it, we've accorded religion too much respect in this regard, and we've placed devotion above slaughter.”

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