"He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sureâ€”if he survives the experience."

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Source : Dorothy Dunnett (1999). “The Disorderly Knights: The Lymond Chronicles Book Three”, p.43, Penguin UK

Dorothy Dunnett

#Boredom Quotes #Soul Quotes #Enemy Quotes

“Bumps are the things we climb on.”
“To die for others is the highest purpose a person may achieve.”

Source : Christopher Golden, Nancy Holder (2017). “Ghost Roads”, p.73, Simon and Schuster
“-she remembered them kindly, for there was a sweetness in boys that didn't last long, once they became men.”
“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.”
“Thought is metaphoric, and proceeds by comparison, and the metaphors of language derive therefrom.”
“Divine life is in touch with the whole universe on the analogy of the soul's contact with the body.”
“A pun, like champagne, loses its sparkle when too long drawn out. Its flash is its savor.”

Source : Harriet Goodhue Hosmer (1913). “Harriet Hosmer: letters and memories”
“An active mind cannot exist in an inactive body.”

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