"Everyone was a rose but even more complex than a mere flower. Everyone was made up of infinitely layered petals. And everyone had something indescribably precious at the heart of their being. No one was shallow. Not really."

-- Mary Balogh

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“Though he had very little Latin beyond "Cave canem," he had, as a young dog, devoured Shakespeare (in a tasty leather binding).”
“A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.”
“Life is the childhood of immortality.”
“I'm a person of the mountains and the open paddocks and the big empty sky, that's me, and I knew if I spent too long away from all that I'd die; I don't know what of, I just knew I'd die.”

Source : John Marsden (1999). “A Killing Frost”, Laurel Leaf
“Ampoules containing cortisone, testosterone gel residues, syringes and needles, a centrifuge for measuring my blood values.But, contrary to the erroneous reports in the press, they didn't find any EPO or growth hormone.”
“A thought falls like a ripe fruit from the tree of idleness.”
“The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society.”
“While all men seek after happiness, scarcely one in a hundred looks for it from God.”

Source : John Calvin (2013). “Commentary on Psalms”, p.496, Ravenio Books

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