"I would still be with you. But I could sleep outside, so it would not be so obvious. I do not need to attend your councils. Iâ€”' 'No. The Phthians will not care. And the others can talk all they like. I will still be Aristos Achaion.' Best of the Greeks. 'Your honor could be darkened by it." 'Then it is darkened.' His jaw shot forward, stubborn. 'They are fools if they let my glory rise or fall on this."

-- Madeline Miller

#Fall Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Greek Quotes

“There is a powerful desire by majorities to assert a religious identity for the country.”
“Oh, dear me." Nathalie sank back down in the chair and examined her Uggs. "The sarcasm could've started dripping off her and stained the floor. "Is it conspiracy, treachery, murder, or open warfare? I'll have to choose my lipstick accordingly.”
“I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“In a couple of years, I'll be the most glamorous woman, hopefully.”
“This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.”
“I did some things I regret, and I know there are people who think they know me. I've heard the things they say, and some of them are hurtful.”
“The problem is these days people don't watch television together. The husband is downstairs watching The Game and the wife is upstairs watching The Good Wife. They don't need a show they can watch together. What family dramas are on now that are working?”
“Different minds incline to different objects; one pursues the vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; another sighs for harmony and grace, and gentlest beauty.”

Source : Mark Akenside (1744). “The Pleasures of Imagination: A Poem in Three Books”, p.136

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