"Love is like the lightning, and your maturity is signaled by the extent to which you can accept the dangers and the power and the beauty of love."

-- James A. Baldwin

#Maturity Quotes #Love Is Quotes #Lightning Quotes

“January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical producer's forehead.”
“There is something to me very softening in the presence of a woman, some strange influence, even if one is not in love with them, which I cannot at all account for, having no very high opinion of the sex. But yet, I always feel in better humor with myself and every thing else, if there is a woman within ken.”
“True compassion comes from free will by drawing empathy from within.”
“I'm going to do things when they are right for me.”

Source : "I'm Gazza - and I am an alcoholic", www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2001.
“I used to be a mean maniac. Someone once threw a firecracker at a show and I jumped off the side of the stage and whacked 'em on the side of the head.”
“To do what you imply would require nothing short of divine intervention. You must change man, not systems.”

Source : Rafael Sabatini (2016). “Scaramouche (Diversion Classics)”, p.8, Diversion Books
“There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.”
“People with big personalities are best in the center of the table. They can help carry the conversation from that place.”

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