"To me gender is not physical at all, but is altogether insubstantial. It is soul, perhaps, it is talent, it is taste, it is environment, it is how one feels, it is light and shade, it is inner music."

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Source : Jan Morris (2011). “Conundrum”, p.26, Faber & Faber

Jan Morris

#Light Quotes #Soul Quotes #Shade Quotes

“Everybody is going to be what they are, and whatever they are, there's not going to be anything to apologize about.”

Source : Tom Wolfe (1982). “The Purple Decades: A Reader”, p.229, Macmillan
“Macbeth was the first play I ever read.”
“Parents have the glorious opportunity of being the most powerful influence, above and beyond any other, on the new lives that bless their homes.”
“The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.”
“Don't carry a grudge. While you're carrying the grudge, the other guys's out there dancing.”
“Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more.”
“My acts are irrevocable Because they have no essence... Where are the doers of deeds Absent among their conditions? Imagine a magician Who creates a creature Who creates other creatures. Acts I perform are creatures Who create others.”
“I think anyone who comes upon a Nautilus machine suddenly will agree with me that its prototype was clearly invented at some time in history when torture was considered a reasonable alternative to diplomacy.”

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