"Longing performs all things"

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Mary Renault

#Longing Quotes #Aspiration Quotes

“Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.”

Source : "Robin Hood star Mark Strong: 'Real knights would have needed tea breaks'". Interview with Elizabeth Day, www.theguardian.com. May 8, 2010.
“I try not to be overly analytical.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. October 7, 2010.
“Whatever our creed or belief, we all know that there is no way back, that we must fight our way through.”
“How, given the canine teeth and close-set eyes that declare the human animal to be a predator, had we come up with the notion that oat bran is more natural to eat than chicken?”

Source : Valerie Martin (2013). “The Great Divorce”, p.39, Vintage
“You are willing to die, you coward, but not to live.”
“I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt, not that fancy store-bought dirt... I can't compete with that stuff.”
“Guru is not on the way to Krishna, Guru is 'the way' to Krishna.”
“Everybody's talking trash these days, so why not keep quiet?”

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