"I will give my whole heart and soul to my Maker if I can,' I answered, 'and not one atom more of it to you than He allows. What are you, sir, that you should set yourself up as a god, and presume to dispute possession of my heart with Him to whom I owe all I have and all I am, every blessing I ever did or ever can enjoy - and yourself among the rest - if you are a blessing, which I am half inclined to doubt."

-- Anne Bronte

#Heart Quotes #Blessing Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I've certainly never helped anybody save the day, in any capacity. If anybody is going to understand making a few mistakes, it's me.”
“It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.”
“With global warming, I'm never going to time-travel. It's probably going to cause some major emission problems.”

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“I think that one of the things that my dad was grappling with towards the end was how that shift had happened now and he would go on a book tour and do his shows and it would be you know fulfilling and good, but he wouldn't have the same impact that he used to and it wasn't because people were less interested. It's just because people are distracted by the million different sources of entertainment and information in front of them at any given time.”
“Many psychoanalysts refused to let me speak at their meetings. They were exceptionally vigorous because I had previously been an analyst and they were very angry at my flying the coop.”
“Being in love is dangerous because you talk yourself into thinking you've never had it so good.”
“Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.”
“What change has made the pastures sweet And reached the daisies at my feet, And cloud that wears a golden hem? This lovely world, the hills, the sward-- They all look fresh, as if our Lord But yesterday had finished them.”

Source : Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.39

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