"Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation."

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Source : Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1806). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes ...”, p.155

Samuel Richardson

#Observation Quotes

“...it is only death which is hopeless.”
“When I started Ashes and Snow in 1992, I set out to explore the relationship between man and animals from the inside out.”
“A drop of water is as powerful as a thunder-bolt.”
“When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.”
“A prayer couched in the words of the soul, is far more powerful than any ritual.”
“It's the sense of walking back into the Garden of Eden or something like that. Where suddenly everything is perfect and you see how you're connected to everything in the world.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Happiness is a house without a telephone.”
“Libraries are the wardrobes of literature.”

Source : George Dyer (1814). “History of the University and colleges of Cambridge: including notices relating to the founders and eminent men”, p.6

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