"Good Evening , Sir John. I hope that you will accept a little gift from me.' I should be honored, Your Majesty.' I want to give you a little carved stool from my privy chambers. A pretty little piece from France. I hope you will like it.' I should be grateful.' It is for your daughter. For Jane. To sit on. She seems not to have a seat of her own but she must borrow mine."

-- Philippa Gregory

#Daughter Quotes #Grateful Quotes #Giving Quotes

“The human race is fundamentally insane. If you put two of us into a room together we're soon gonna start figuring out good reasons to kill one another.”

Source : "The human race is insane" by John Patterson, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2008.
“You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.”

Source : Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”
“All the pathos and irony of leaving one's youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveller learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.”
“One reads not for information, but inspiration.”

Source : Wayne Teasdale (2010). “The Mystic Heart: Discovering a Universal Spirituality in the World's Religions”, p.129, New World Library
“When you're timid, you're just thinking of yourself! Think of the other person - put him at ease, get him a drink.”
“Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.”
“To create anything â€” whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom â€” is to believe, if only momentarily, you are capable of magic. These essays are about that magic â€” which is sometimes perilous, sometimes infectious, sometimes fragile, sometimes failed, sometimes infuriating, sometimes triumphant, and sometimes tragic. I went up there. I wrote. I tried to see.”
“What I heard was my whole self saying and singing what it knew: I can.”

Source : Denise Levertov (1987). “Breathing the Water”, p.3, New Directions Publishing

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