"But then she was not awkward, she was slow-flowing, graceful, seductive - a seductiveness that had nothing to do with breast and hips and legs, but was an invitation to forget the world in the recesses of the body"

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Source : FaceBook post by Bernhard Schlink from Feb 14, 2012

Bernhard Schlink

#Seductive Quotes #Awkward Quotes #World Quotes

“My conscience is my crown,Contented thoughts my rest;My heart is happy in itself,My bliss is in my breast.Enough I reckon wealth;A mean the surest lot,That lies too high for base contempt,Too low for envy's shot.”

Source : Robert Southwell (1856). “The poetical works of the rev. Robert Southwell, now first completely ed. by W. B. Turnbull”, p.57
“Success doesn't have a downside for me. I'm busy, but I've always been busy whatever job I've had. My very first job working in a furniture factory was bloody busy! That's just modern life. It's not a downside, you just have to be organised and keep things in perspective.”
“I am not drinking now but I cannot guarantee tomorrow.”
“We Shan't Save All We Would Like To, But We Shall Save A Great Deal More Than If We Had Never Tried.”
“People rightly want our political leaders - on all sides - to concentrate on minimising the damage to jobs, living standards and our savings from the banking crisis.”

Source : "Mandelson's return: this is a bold and shrewd move" by Lucy Powell, www.theguardian.com. October 03, 2008.
“Enlightenment is very possible for the ordinary individual. Actually, it is easier than for someone who thinks that they are special.”
“The survival value of intelligence is that it allows us to extinct a bad idea, before the idea extincts us.”
“We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that the Members of Congress recognize that partisanship will not serve the American people.”

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