"It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all."

-- Angela Carter

#Passion Quotes

“Form, color, composition, drawing, are auxiliaries, any one of which... can be dispensed with.”
“We're definitely going to hell. But we'll have all the best stories to tell”

Source : Song: The Ballad of Me and My Friends
“I early conceived a liking for, and sought every opportunity to relieve the sufferings of others.”
“When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge.”
“Our officials want nothing more than to be at the top of their professional game and make the correct call. That's what they do; that's their living, that's their pride, that's their joy. They don't achieve that because they happen to be human.”

Source : Press conference, www.boston.com. June 12, 2008.
“Younger Cuban Americans who have decided to go to the island always come back telling me "that isn't the country my grandparents have told me about."”

Source : "Post-Fidel Plans for U.S.-Cuba Relations, Migration Policy". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. August 2, 2007.
“Lawyers-they get together all day and say to each other, "What can we postpone next?" The only thing they don't postpone, of course, is their bill, which arrives regularly. You've heard about the man who got the bill from his lawyer which said, "For crossing the street to speak to you and discovering it was not you, twelve dollars."”
“When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.”

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