"Another striding instance is recorded by the very intelligent traveler regarding a representation of the fall of our first parents, sculptured in the magnificent temple of Ipsambul in Nubia. He says that a very exact representation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden is to be seen in that cave, and that the serpent climbing round the tree is especially delineated, and the whole subject of the tempting of our first parents most accurately exhibited."

-- Godfrey Higgins

#Fall Quotes #Intelligent Quotes #Garden Quotes

“I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because...I can't.”
“I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I love nerds. Comic-Con junkies are the tastemakers of tomorrow. Isn't that funny? The tables have turned”
“Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you. It is not dependent on some other body, some external form.”
“It doesn't pay well to fight for what we believe in.”

Source : Lillian Hellman (1942). “Four plays”
“Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot get better at it.”

Source : Jim Trelease (2013). “The Read-Aloud Handbook: Seventh Edition”, p.29, Penguin
“The attorney general doesn't favor one method or the other, he favors the death penalty.”
“The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.”

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