"It is the essence of dignity to pretend to desire what you cannot prevent."

-- Orson Scott Card

#Essence Quotes #Desire Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“I have thoroughly gone through the subject of the Incarnation; and if it served you, could at any time give you the history from the beginning of the controversies on this subject, and of its present form.”
“No matter where you want to go, as long as you follow your path with faith, dedication and hard work, you are going to get there.”
“Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.”
“Never buy hardcover books. They are designed to sell to those who don't actually read. Along with books, many other things can be read: natural scenery, love, officialdom, businessÂ¡Â”
“Middle class Americans don't ask for special favors, they just want basic fairness, and a President who fights for that ideal.”
“Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals. Whether slaves or free, they reign, because their empire is that of the affections.”
“What is there possibly left for us to be afraid of, after we have dealt face to face with death and not embraced it? Once I accept the existence of dying as a life process, who can ever have power over me again?”
“Finally there was one open-minded surgeon in the great Pennsylvania General Hospital. He said, 'Let us give this young fellow a chance.' So they let him operate.”

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