"Do you know what a pearl is and what an opal is? My soul when you came sauntering to me first through those sweet summer evenings was beautiful but with the pale passionless beauty of a pearl. Your love has passed through me and now I feel my mind something like an opal, that is, full of strange uncertain hues and colours, of warm lights and quick shadows and of broken music."

-- James Joyce

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“The difference between a pessimistic and an optimistic mind is of such controlling importance in regard to every intellectual function, and especially for the conduct of life, that it is out of the question to admit that both are normal, and the great majority of mankind are naturally optimistic.”
“The withdrawal of a State from a league has no revolutionary or insurrectionary characteristic. The government of the State remains unchanged as to all internal affairs. It is only its external or confederate relations that are altered. To term this action of a Sovereign a 'rebellion' is a gross abuse of language.”

Source : Jefferson Davis (1971). “The rise and fall of the Confederate Government”, Peter Smith Pub Inc
“The public needs to know - they need to know as much about atrial fibrillation as they do about cancer and diabetes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.”

Source : Joseph A. Schumpeter (2006). “History of Economic Analysis”, p.43, Routledge
“Unless women are prepared to fight politically they must be content to be ignored politically.”
“I think it's really important these days to be able to relate to how the music flows and be able to speak the same language as your bandmates and the producer, rather than just talking drums.”
“No. Absolutely not.â€ â€œSimon,â€ she said. â€œItâ€™s a perfectly fine plan.â€ â€œThe plan where you follow Jace and Sebastian off to some unknown dimensional pocket and we use these rings to communicate so those of us over here in the regular dimension of Earth can track you down? That plan?â€ â€œYes.â€ â€œNo,â€ he said. â€œNo, it isnâ€™t.â€ Clary sat back. â€œYou donâ€™t just get to say no.â€ â€œThis plan involves me! I get to say no! No.â€ â€œSimonâ€”â€ Simon patted the seat beside him as if someone were sitting there. â€œLet me introduce you to my good friend No.”
“People disagreeing everywhere you look makes you wanna stop and read a book.”

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