"He looked at her, and the clarity of his dark eyes struck her heart with a sensation of a wound touched."

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Shannon Hale

#Eye Quotes #Heart Quotes #Dark Quotes

“There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue the image because they can't do anything else. They don't even read. Their real identity is in making those pictures. They have to keep jumping on horses and hitting somebody on the head with a gun.”
“What Britain needs is an iron lady.”
“People see it [boxing] as a physical contact sport, but it's not. It's really a spiritual one of will against will. Who wants it the most? How much is he willing to take - and dish out - to get it? It's like fighting is 10 percent physical and 90 percent emotional.”
“Truth, like the burgeoning of a bulb under the soil, however deeply sown, will make its way to the light.”
“Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.”
“I first heard the story of Agnes Magnusdottir when I was an exchange student in the north of Iceland.”

Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.232, Pan Macmillan
“I wasn't good with authority, went to lots of schools, didn't like the fact that there was no autonomy.”
“When you meet someone, you can silently send them a blessing, wishing them happiness, joy and laughter. This kind of silent giving is very powerful.”

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