"I vow and protest there's more plague than pleasure with a secret."

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Source : David Garrick, George Colman, the elder (1995). “The Clandestine Marriage”, p.46, Broadview Press

George Colman the Elder

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“I think there is unnecessary conflict right now between the vehemently religious and the LGBT community. The extremes of religion I think and the LGBT community have an issue and because a lot of black families in America are more religious, I think that is where the conflict comes into play.”

Source : "Big Think Interview With John Amaechi". Interview with Max Miller, bigthink.com. October 7, 2010.
“I was self-conscious of being so lanky, of being me. I'd keep my head down, make excuses not to go out. I'd look in the mirror and hate myself. I thought I was disgusting. I cried constantly from 11 to 16. If I could tell my younger self anything, it would be to learn to love your flaws. It's OK to look in the mirror and feel really confident about yourself.”

Source : "I want to talk about what goes on". Interview With Eva Wiseman, September 20, 2013.
“How you shape your attitude is not a small part of how you shape your life...it is the only part.”
“Oh, sons of earth! attempt ye still to rise. By mountains pil'd on mountains to the skies? Heav'n still with laughter the vain toil surveys, And buries madmen in the heaps they raise.”
“I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.”

Source : Interview with Jessica Grose, www.slate.com. January 19, 2012.
“I'm not afraid of having an agenda. I do have an agenda. It's a positive agenda.”
“Methinks love maketh men like Angels.”
“Recovering from suffering is not like recovering from a disease. Many people donâ€™t come out healed; they come out different. They crash through the logic of individual utility and behave paradoxically. Instead of recoiling from the sorts of loving commitments that almost always involve suffering, they throw themselves more deeply into them. Even while experiencing the worst and most lacerating consequences, some people double down on vulnerability. They hurl themselves deeper and gratefully into their art, loved ones and commitments.”

Source : David Brooks (2015). “The Road to Character”, p.109, Random House

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