"Passion is like the lightning, it is beautiful, and it links the earth to heaven, but alas it blinds!"

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Source : H. Rider Haggard (2013). “Delphi Works of H. Rider Haggard (Illustrated)”, p.1632, Delphi Classics

H. Rider Haggard

#Beautiful Quotes #Passion Quotes #Heaven Quotes

“Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues.”
“Upon receiving my notification of acceptance to the university, my parents noticed that they were obliged to submit to the university, among other things, a copy of my official family register. After much mental anguish, they decided to inform me of the secret of my birth.”
“A classic engineering mistake and one I've made is confusing what is hard and what is valuable.”
“Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?”
“To read a poem with no thought in mind but to paraphrase it into a single, simple and usually high-minded prose statement is the destruction of poetry.”
“I love the sea with its impenetrable fathoms, its wash and undertow, and rasp of shingle sucked anew.”
“It is often easier to become outraged by injustice half a world away than by oppression and discrimination half a block from home.”

Source : "Wellspring: 365 Meditations to Refresh Your Soul". Book by Karen Moore (p. 263), October 1, 2011.
“The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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