"Friendship is by its very nature freer of deceit than any other relationship we can know because it is the bond least affected by striving for power, physical pleasure, or material profit, most liberated from any oath of duty or of constancy. With Eros the body stands naked, in friendship our spirit is denuded."

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Source : Francine Du Plessix Gray (1987). “Adam & Eve and the City: Selected Non Fiction”

Francine du Plessix Gray

#Deceit Quotes #Naked Quotes #Body Quotes

“It reassures parents that we are aware of the employment difficulty and that we are doing as much as we can to provide information to their sons and daughters, and to help them deal with the post-graduate reality.”
“A well-behaved woman seldom makes history”
“Writing is a performance, like singing an aria or dancing a jig”
“Have you ever seen the dawn? Not a dawn groggy with lack of sleep or hectic with mindless obligations and you about to rush off on an early adventure or business, but full of deep silence and absolute clarity of perception? A dawning which you truly observe, degree by degree. It is the most amazing moment of birth. And more than anything it can spur you to action. Have a burning day.”
“There are all these moments you don't think you will survive. And then you survive.”

Source : David Levithan (2014). “Two Boys Kissing”, p.51, Egmont UK
“The only way to overcome sadness is to consume it.”
“Dad taught me everything I know, but he would never tell me anything he knew.”
“May you stay Forever Young”

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