"Affection cannot be created; it can only be liberated."

-- Bertrand Russell

#Best Love Quotes #Affection Quotes

“Nobody knows whether our personalities pass on to another existence or sphere, but if we can evolve an instrument so delicate to be manipulated by our personality as it survives in the next life such an instrument ought to record something...”
“My personal feeling is that understanding evolution led me to atheism.”
“A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2012). “Winnie-the-Pooh”, p.93, Egmont UK
“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
“[People] somehow assume that the Internet is going to be the catalyst of change that will push young people into the streets, while in fact it may actually be the new opium for the masses which will keep the same people in their rooms downloading pornography.”
“Suddenly I realized that I wanted everything to be as it was when I was younger. When you're young enough, you don't know that you live in a cheap lousy apartment. A cracked chair is nothing other than a chair. A dandelion growing out of a crack in the sidewalk outside your front door is a garden. You could believe that a song your parent was singing in the evening was the most tragic opera in the world. It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.”
“I scored a touchdown on the first reception I made in the NFL and spiked the ball. The instant I did, I felt horrible and couldn't wait for the game to end so I could call Coach Bryant and apologize. He said he didn't even notice, but I never spiked the ball again.”
“One of the first things Catholic school taught me is that babies were born sinners. You sucked before you took your first breath.”

Source : Lizz Winstead (2012). “Lizz Free or Die: Essays”, p.25, Penguin

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