"The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain."

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Source : Marina Warner (2003). “Signs & wonders: essays on literature & culture”, Vintage

Marina Warner

#Pain Quotes #Vocabulary Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on Big Brother.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.”
“I tell myself that after four children my belly is already so stretched and flabby that I have to do origami to get my pants buttoned. One more pregnancy and I'd be doomed to elastic waists for the rest of my life.”
“It's clear that women athletics are pretty far behind in every way. In terms of facilities, how much we make, everything.”
“Whether my days are cooled with calm or filled with fever's ardent taint, I have the same blue sky as God, I have the same God as the saint.”

Source : Ridgely Torrence (1900). “The House of a Hundred Lights”
“Someone who cannot stop his outer flow of words will soon be unable to communicate with other human beings at all.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Until we see each other again, keep your head together, read some good books, be useful, be happy.”
“Sometimes your mistakes are you biggest virtues. You learn so much from the mistake. Those things that you think are the worst thing that's happening to you can somehow turn around and be the greatest opportunity.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicole Kidman from Nov 09, 2016

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