"If you are the lantern, I am the flame; If you are the lake, then I am the rain; If you are the desert, I am the sea; If you are the blossom, I am the bee; If you are the fruit, then I am the core; If you are the rock, then I am the ore; If you are the ballad, I am the word; If you are the sheath, then I am the sword."

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Source : Cecilia Dart-Thornton (2011). “The Lady of the Sorrows”, p.285, Pan Macmillan

Cecilia Dart-Thornton

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“I found Spotted Tail's lodge. He invited me to enter.”
“You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist.”
“The family farm is the foundation for who we are as a Commonwealth. And for over a century, the family farm in Kentucky has centered around one crop: tobacco.”
“Every age that has historical status is governed by aristocracies.Aristocracy with the meaning - the best are ruling.Peoples do never govern themselves. That lunacy was concocted by liberalism. Behind its people's sovereignty the slyest cheaters are hiding, who don't want to be recognized.”
“At Dartmouth, we make you into a man by allowing you to remain a boy.”
“My mind struggled to formulate a coherent though, any thought. I opened my mouth. "Your pajamas have Eeyore on them." "I like Eeyore. He's sensible. A sober outlook on life never hurt anyone.”
“I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand”

Source : Andrew Solomon (2014). “The Noonday Demon: An Atlas Of Depression”, p.24, Simon and Schuster
“My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel.”

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