"It is essential that the foreign forces who have invaded and occupy large parts of the Congo halt their offensive action"

-- Richard Holbrooke

#Essentials Quotes #Action Quotes #Offensive Quotes

“Theyâ€™re not hideous,â€ said Tessa. Will blinked at her. â€œWhat?â€ â€œGideon and Gabriel,â€ said Tessa. â€œTheyâ€™re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.â€ â€œI spoke,â€ said Will, in sepulchral tones, â€œof the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.â€ Tessa snorted. â€œAnd what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?â€ â€œMauve,â€ said Will.”
“Perhaps America will one day go fascist democratically, by popular vote.”

Source : The New York Times, p. 36, December 29, 1969.
“In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting.”
“Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.”
“No one knows better than I do how far heaven is, but I also know all the shortcuts. The secret is to die, when you want to, and not when He proposes. Or else to force Him to take you before your time.”
“Freedom means you're free to do just whatever pleases you; if, of course that is to say, what you please is what you may.”
“Very rarely do you have a perfect race, and it's about overcoming your mistakes in the race and remaining composed.”
“For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or not, the greatest, strongest and most lasting teacher her children have.”

Source : Hannah Whitall Smith (1899). “Child Culture, Or, The Science of Motherhood”

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