"As astronomy is the daughter of idleness, geometry is the daughter of property."

-- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

#Daughter Quotes #Astronomy Quotes #Geometry Quotes

“I preferred to read than talk with the others.”

Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.132, Pan Macmillan
“Very often on some of this stuff when I'd have to go to work. I'd just give the script a cursory glance. I had no training, and I was a quick study, so nobody knew how involved or not involved I was. But I look at that stuff now and I can see I wasn't involved, and I wasn't very good.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Poverty only tries men's souls. It is loneliness that breaks the heart.”
“I'm definitely a lot more comfortable now in my 40s than in my 30s - that's for sure.”
“What is belief - what is faith - if you don't continue it after failure?”

Source : Brandon Sanderson (2010). “Mistborn: The Final Empire”, p.710, Macmillan
“I wish there was a word more than 'love' itself to convey what I feel for you.”

Source : Faraaz Kazi (2012). “Truly, Madly, Deeply!: Memoirs of a Broken Heart's First Love!”, p.281, Faraaz Kazi
“Libertarians recognize the inevitable pluralism of the modern world and for that reason assert that individual liberty is at least part of the common good.”

Source : Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.39, Cato Institute
“I love the hour in makeup. It gives you time to think and have a cup of coffee. It's my favorite part of the day.”

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