"I did not look for her, because I was afraid of dispelling the mystery we attach to people whom we know only casually."

-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#People Quotes #Looks Quotes #Mystery Quotes

“For a while I was living in New Orleans for like 4, 5 years. I had just come back to town.”
“The twinkling of an eye. That is the most wonderful expression. I've thought from time to time it was the best thing in life, that little incandescence you see in people when the charm of a thing strikes them, or the humor of it. 'The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart.' That's a fact.”
“I would say much of religious heresy is the result of a misunderstanding of the basic nature of God. And once we have a proper understanding of God, then usually most of the areas of our life coincide with who God is and what He desires for each one of us.”
“I guess I was the most unbohemian of all bohemians. My bohemianism consisted of not wanting to get involved with the stupid stuff that I thought people wanted you to get involved with - ... namely America... Dwight Eisenhower, McCarthyism and all those great things.”
“I believe that free and civilized societies do not hold prisoners incommunicado.”
“I don't want to be a part of any Bollywood movie.”
“The old he-coon walks just before the light of day.”
“I am not well educated or bright enough to be politically clued in, but I hope in the film that I'm going to shock a few people, win a lot of people over.”

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