"Among absent lovers, ardor always fares better."

-- Propertius

#Lovers Quotes #Absent Quotes

“Do not smoke without asking permission or sit so near (as in a train) that the smoke might annoy.”

Source : Amy Vanderbilt (1967). “Amy Vanderbilt's Everyday Etiquette”
“You think you know someone by looking at his face but what can one face say about the thousand thoughts behind those eyes.”

Source : Marianne Wiggins (2008). “The Shadow Catcher: A Novel”, p.180, Simon and Schuster
“I had a teacher once, grade school somewhere. Philippines, I think, because she always wore a big white hat. So it was somewhere hot. I was always twice the size of the other kids, and she used to say to me: count to ten before you get mad, Reacher. And I've counted way past ten on this one. Way past.”
“All art is a form of artifice.For in art there can be no prejudices.”

Source : "Silhouettes". Book by Arthur Symons, Preface to kindle ebook, 2012.
“Am I a myth? Am I a legend? Or am I a phenomenon?”
“Danger is like wine, it goes to your head.”
“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty. It should be offered to them as a precious gift.”
“The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.”

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