"Greatness is its own torment."

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Theodore Parker

#Greatness Quotes #Torment Quotes

“My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at one whose lure I could not pass, to pluck it down, to inch it open, then to close my eyes and inhale the soul-sparking scent of old and literate dust.”

Source : Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.63, Simon and Schuster
“My goals have changed throughout my life. At one time it was winning awards, selling out concert dates, selling more albums than anyone else. Now, my goals are to see my grandchildren grown, live a long and healthy life with my family and friends and travel the world.”
“I think the police are a major part of the glue that holds civilised life together. They're not highly paid.”
“No matter how long it's been, no matter how impossible it looks, if you'll stay in faith, your time is coming.”
“Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you're in trouble”
“There is a time of life somewhere between the sullen fugues of adolescence and the retrenchments of middle age when human nature becomes so absolutely absorbing one wants to be in the city constantly, even at the height of summer.”
“I know now, Lord, why you utter no answer. You are yourself the answer. Before your face questions die away. What other answer would suffice?”
“You're so beautiful," said Alice. "I'm afraid of looking at you and not knowing who you are." "I think that even if you don't know who I am someday, you'll still know that I love you." "What if I see you, and I don't know that you're my daughter, and I don't know that you love me?" "Then, I'll tell you that I do, and you'll believe me.”

Source : Lisa Genova (2011). “Lisa Genova Box Set: Still Alice and Left Neglected”, p.272, Simon and Schuster

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