"But the things is, you see, that two people can never actually become one no matter how close they are. And it would not be desirable even if it were possible. What would happen when one of them died? It would leave the other as a half a person, and that would be a dreadful thing. We must each be a whole person and therefore we each need some privacy to be alone with ourselves and our own feelings."

-- Mary Balogh

#Two Quotes #People Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“Real power comes by empowering others.”
“I've been terrified of the water, and yet it seems I'm forced to go into in on every movie that I make.”
“You have only one life, and no one else will live it for you. Shouldn't you take the time right now to figure out what that life is all about?”
“To be a skilled politician, you have to be genuine. To really make it work, you have to love people. You have to love the contact, you have to love the energy, you've gotta love inspiring people and getting their adulation in return. You can't separate what's genuine from what is necessary.”
“I would rather be the first man in a barbarian village than the second man in Rome.”
“But a book suggests conversation: one person is speaking to another, and audible sound is, or should be, natural to that exchange. So I read aloud with myself as the audience, and gave voice to another's words.”

Source : Teju Cole (2011). “Open City: A Novel”, p.10, Random House
“Technology policy - whether we should have one and what form such a policy should take - was a core issue of the 1992 presidential campaign, and in February 1993 the Clinton administration confirmed that fostering new technologies will be a critical part of its agenda for redirecting the American economy.”

Source : "Empowering Technology: Implementing a U.S. Strategy". Book by Lewis M. Branscomb, 1993.
“Love is ownership. We own whom we love. The universe is God's because He loves.”

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