"I would give up everything for you, Giulia" I smiled at him gently. "But you must understand. I should never want a man to give up anything for me. I should want him to feel in winning me he has won the whole world..."

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Source : Deanna Raybourn (2015). “Silent in the Sanctuary”, p.274, MIRA

Deanna Raybourn

#Giving Up Quotes #Winning Quotes #Men Quotes

“The important talent is the talent to develop one's talent.”
“I had the luck that my parents educated me in three languages. With my mother I spoke Dutch, with my father Italian, and in the school I learned German. But my host language is Italian.”
“Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.”

Source : Catherine Anderson (2009). “Comanche Heart”, p.193, Penguin
“Kindness is not a bad religion, no matter what name you use for God.”

Source : Barbara Brown Taylor (2009). “An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith”, p.115, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
“It is not simply what one remembers, but why. There are sites of amputation where the past is severed from the body of the present. Remembering only encourages the growth of phantom limbs. And it is not simply what one remembers, or why, but what to do with what one remembers, which of the scattered pieces to carry forward, what to protect and preserve, what to leave behind.”

Source : Camilla Gibb (2007). “Sweetness in the Belly”, p.107, Penguin
“But more I cannot wish you Than to wish you find your love Your own true love this day.”

Source : Frank Loesser (2003). “The Complete Lyrics of Frank Loesser”, Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
“I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.”
“A lot of people started asking me about this woman director thing, which I never thought about before. And I'd never really thought about how there aren't really many female directors. I knew it, but I'd never really sat down and thought about the implications of that, and what it meant for a woman to make a movie, and how it's viewed differently when a woman makes a movie about women.”

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