"And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can?"

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Source : Lucinda Riley (2013). “The Lavender Garden: A Novel”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

Lucinda Riley

#Reality Quotes #Essence Quotes #Long Quotes

“Some of the best projects to ever come out of Atari or Chuck E. Cheese's were from high school dropouts, college dropouts. One guy had been in jail.”
“From the Cross, Christ teaches us to love even those who do not love us.”
“A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.”
“The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty ... a man with no loyalty in him, with no sense of love or reverence or devotion due to something outside and above his poor daily life, with its pains and pleasures, profits and losses, is as evil a case as man can be.”
“Abortion is not a sign that women are free, but a sign that they are desperate.”
“Nothing is so infectious as example.”

Source : Charles Kingsley (1873). “Selections from Some of the Writings of the Rev. C. Kingsley, M.A.”, p.97
“I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.”
“Certain materials suggest ideas and ways of working.”

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