"Fortunately women have the miraculous ability to change the meaning of their actions after the event."

-- Milan Kundera

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“Unless a man gives himself entirely to the Cross, in a spirit of humility and self-abasement; unless he casts himself down to be trampled underfoot by all and despised, accepting injustice, contempt and mockery; unless he undergoes all these things with joy for the sake of the Lord, not claiming any kind of human reward whatsoever - glory or honor or earthly pleasures - he cannot become a true Christian.”
“I as a Muslim want you, as a Christian, to really be a perfect Christian. I want my Jewish friends to be perfect Jews, to live according to the highest principles of what it means to be a Jew, to be a Christian, to be a Muslim.”
“Don't tell readers what to think. Let the action speak for itself.”

Source : Paula McLain (2012). “The Paris Wife (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.109, Ballantine Books
“We just watch anything speed by. To stop and really ponder what a product label says, or the tagline on a TV commercial, might be inherently silly. Those are things that are almost designed to be thrown away.”
“I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.”
“In life's most significant moments we are always alone.”
“The only way I could work properly was by using the absolute maximum of observation and concentration that I could possible muster.”
“Make the important interesting.”

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