"You are afraid to die?' Yes, everyone is.' But to die as lovers may - to die together, so that they may live together. Girls are caterpillars when they live in the world, to be finally butterflies when the summer comes; but in the meantime there are grubs and larvae, don't you see - each with their peculiar propensities, necessities and structures."

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Source : Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (2015). “Carmilla”, p.33, Booklassic

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

#Girl Quotes #Summer Quotes #Butterfly Quotes

“I had in mind a long career.”
“A lot of things run through your head when you're going in to relieve in a tight spot. One of them was, "Should I spike myself?"”
“I think [forgiveness] may be the greatest virtue on earth, and certainly the most needed. There is so much of meanness and abuse, of intolerance and hatred. There is so great a need for repentance and forgiveness. It is the great principle emphasized in all of scripture, both ancient and modern. Somehow forgiveness, with love and tolerance, accomplishes miracles that can happen in no other way.”
“Look, the whole world wants to modernize, and when you look to what they mean by modernizing, they mean Americanize. Would a modern Greek prefer to live in Orange County than Piraeus? Yes. Absolutely.”
“It was at this point that Bilbo stopped. Going on from there was the bravest thing he ever did. The tremendous things that happened afterward were as nothing compared to it. He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”
“A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.”
“In my situation, unlike some players who retire because they have no choice - either teams don't want them or injuries have caused them to retire, and they just can't do it - for me, I really had never thought I would give out mentally before I gave out physically, but I think that was the case.”
“The corruption of the best is the worst.”

Source : Agnes Maude Royden (1924). “Sex and Common-sense”, p.5, Reprofis LLC

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