"My fingers positively itched to drift at length along their spines, to arrive at one whose lure I could not pass, to pluck it down, to inch it open, then to close my eyes and inhale the soul-sparking scent of old and literate dust."

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Source : Kate Morton (2011). “The Distant Hours: A Novel”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

Kate Morton

#Eye Quotes #Dust Quotes #Soul Quotes

“There is satiety in all things, in sleep, and love-making, in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance.”
“Sometimes we pay too much attention in Washington to public relations, as opposed to the substance.”

Source : "Online Extra: Q&A with Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham". Interview with Laura Cohn, www.bloomberg.com. April 9, 2001.
“London is one of the world's centres of Arab journalism and political activism. The failure of left and right, the establishment and its opposition, to mount principled arguments against clerical reaction has had global ramifications. Ideas minted in Britain â€“ the notion that it is bigoted to oppose bigotry; 'Islamophobic' to oppose clerics whose first desire is to oppress Muslims â€“ swirl out through the press and the net to lands where they can do real harm.”

Source : "At last, Islam's appeasers may be on the run" by Nick Cohen, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2011.
“Today, Iraq is an immediate danger to our nation. This time, we cannot wait. We cannot wait for Saddam Hussein to take a devastating action or to transfer a weapon of mass destruction to someone else who will. After September 11th, it is simply no longer an option to sit back and contemplate an enemy - one with a stated intent to harm us, a track record and the means, and just wait for him to strike in order to protect ourselves.”
“Usually I'm on top to keep the guy from escaping.”
“Beyonce, to me, doesn't have a f--king Purple Rain, but she's the biggest thing on Earth. How can you be that big without at least one Sweet Home Alabama or Old Time Rock & Roll? ... People are like, 'Beyonce's hot. Got a nice f--king a--.' I'm like, 'Cool, I like skinny white chicks with big t--s.' Doesn't really f--king do much for me.”

Source : "Kid Rock gets stung by Beyonce's 'Beyhive' after slamming the singer but his response is KILLER" by Claire Rutter, www.mirror.co.uk. February 28, 2015.
“I don't think we're ever going to be in a position where we can say this is the template, this is the checklist, that must be met [for intervention].”
“God is a frequency. Stay tuned.”

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