"It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more."

--

Source : 'Handley Cross' (1843) ch. 16

Robert Smith Surtees

“You don't become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.”

Source : Harold S Kushner (2011). “When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough: The Search For a Life That Matters”, p.11, Pan Macmillan
“Nature is a universal that is shareable by all, males and females, men and women, and can thus be of use in mediating between all. The same does not apply for already constructed worlds and cultures. They are neither universal nor easily shareable.”

Source : Luce Irigaray (2008). “Sharing the world”, Continuum Intl Pub Group
“There's nothing wrong with self-improvement, as long as you recognize that at some point you're going to have to accept yourself in all your imperfect glory. What's wrong with liking yourself the way you are?”
“Everyone (consciously or subconsciously) feels alone too - but no matter what, we're actually ALL together.”

Source : "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“Nothing smelled so good or danced so well as a birch fire.”
“Were also far enough from the publishing power that we have no access to the politics of publishing, although there are interpersonal politics, of course.”
“Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself.”
“Traditional Albanian society was based on a clan system and was further divided into brotherhoods and bajraks. The bajrak system identified a local leader, called a bajrakar, who could be counted on to provide a certain number of men for military duty.”

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