"Britons are good, though often brutal, colonists where they come into relations with entirely uncivilized tribes whose past is so remote as to be forgotten. But they trample with their heavy boots over the sensitive, delicate susceptibilities of an ancient, highly civilized and cultured nation, such as India."

-- Annie Besant

#Past Quotes #India Quotes #Boots Quotes

“This is days and days and months and years and all the minutes in between, just you me.”
“When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind itself is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are.”
“The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him”
“The judges of England have rarely been original thinkers or great jurists. Many have been craftsmen rather than creators.”
“That they dared make a town of this wet and sucking thing that vied with my foot for my boot at every step bespoke the glorious and yearning bullshit of men's souls.”

Source : Matthew Sharpe (2007). “Jamestown: A Novel”, p.176, Soft Skull Press
“Rudy Giuliani needed to feel safe because he turned his life into a public mess. A public mess that the "New York Tabloids" covered daily.”
“I used to be teased for the way I wore my hair at school. I used to do things like wear a different-colored sock on each leg.”
“Counter to the public's thinking, the celebrities who attract the largest number of stalkers - and typically it's not "if" a celebrity has a stalker, it's "how many" - are neither the most glamorous nor obnoxious, but rather the ones who seem the sweetest and most wholesome. They appear approachable.”

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