"I -- I alone know how to mourn for him as he deserves.' But while we were still shaking hands, such a look of awful desolation came upon her face that I perceived she was one of those creatures that are not the playthings of Time. For her he had died only yesterday. And, by Jove! the impression was so powerful that for me, too, he seemed to have died only yesterday -- nay, this very minute. I saw her and him in the same instant of time -- his death and her sorrow -- I saw her sorrow in the very moment of his death. Do you understand? I saw them together -- I heard them together."

-- Joseph Conrad

#Powerful Quotes #Hands Quotes #Yesterday Quotes

“Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god.”

Source : Charles Buck (1831). “Anecdotes, religious, moral, and entertaining”, p.164
“The doctrine of the Church cannot be fully understood unless it is tested by mind and feelings, by intellect and emotions, by every power of the investigator. Every Church member is expected to understand the doctrine of the Church intelligently. There is no place in the Church for blind adherence.”
“Dating is like trying to catch a fish. Some guys go to the gym and have huge muscles and six-pack abs, and that attracts a lot of women. Other guys, they go and learn how to become pick-up artists so they charm their way into a woman's heart, at least for the night. Then there are guys like myself, who don't have either of those, but we have some level of generosity and can treat women with respect and open a door for them or buy them gifts. And surprisingly, buying presents happens to be one of the languages of love! And it's one that many women relate to.”
“Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special.”
“The way we treat our children in the dawn of their lives and the way we treat our elderly in the twilight of their lives is a measure of the quality of a nation.”
“There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1976). “Hurry up, America, & spit”, Harcourt
“The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator.”
“I have a problem with players who don't take the loss personally. At a professional level you should - it's our job, it's our livelihood, it's who we are at this level. Every loss should be taken that personal.”

Source : "Interview with Hope Solo, USWNT and St Louis Athletica Goalkeeper". Interview with L.E. Eisenmenger, sportslens.com. May 7, 2009.

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