"Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces to effect, blatancy ruins it."

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Source : M.r. James (2016). “Collected Ghost Stories”, p.52, M.r. James

M. R. James

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“Do not forsake prayer, for just as the body becomes weak when it is deprived of food, so also the soul when it is deprived of prayer draws nigh to weakness and noetic death.”
“Life is very good. I'm the president and Chief Executive Officer of the Wireless trade association, the CTIA.”
“Obstacles aren't there to stop you. They are put there to show you how powerful you can feel when you run right over them.”
“Take your ***** tampon out and tell me what you have to say.”
“A child playing with dolls may shed heartfelt tears when his bundle of rags and scraps becomes deathly ill and dies ... So we may come to an understanding of language as playing with dolls: in language, scraps of sound are used to make dolls and replace all the things in the world.”
“I have found that life persists in the midst of destruction and, therefore, there must be a higher law than that of destruction. Only under that law would a well-ordered society be intelligible and life worth living.”
“But the Twins opened the fifth with their second and third hits, and Beltre helped Hernandez by taking his bullet throw for a force at third on a bunt try. I felt it, ... My only worry was that he didn't throw me a sinker. He threw hard, but a good fastball.”
“Your body, the only one you will ever have, is the foundation of your life. And itâ€™s either an anchor limiting your freedom and potential or a source of radiant energy, vitality and joy, elevating your life and the lives of those around you. Itâ€™s your choiceâ€¦ will yours be a source of strength, from which you will impact the world, or an obstacle, preventing you from your dreams and desires? â€¦ As my friend, NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is fond of saying,'If youâ€™re going to bother setting a goal, aim high!'â€¦ My advice to you, aim high; aim for strength.”

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