"Spirit of place! It is for this we travel, to surprise its subtlety; and where it is a strong and dominant angel, that place, seen once, abides entire in the memory with all its own accidents, its habits, its breath, its name."

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Source : Alice Meynell (2013). “The Essential Alice Meynell Collection”, p.226, eBookIt.com

Alice Meynell

#Strong Quotes #Memories Quotes #Angel Quotes

“Just let me live my life.”
“At Girl Scouts, we are committed to raising awareness about the terrible effects of cyber bullying, and to teaching girls how to recognize the signs of bullying of any sort and extricate themselves or another from a bad situation before it spirals out of control and ends in tragedy.”

Source : "Confronting Cyber Violence in the Digital Age" by Anna Maria Chavez, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 25, 2013.
“It is the dirt within menâ€™s hearts that is most offensive; the filth you cannot see.”
“... the whole of society in Washington is to some degree political. It is like no other capital city known to me, in that political thinking, the whole business, technical and personal, of politics, is not diluted by an equal interest in art, industry, amusement, anything you like. I don't meant that these are non-existent in Washington -- only that they are subdued to the ruling passion.”
“Hereâ€™s how a child listens: you tell him something, and he puts his own interpretation on what you said. Thatâ€™s what he hears. No one has ever heard you.”
“The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons.”

Source : John Foxe, William Byron Forbush (2004). “Foxe's Book of Martyrs”, p.128, Hendrickson Publishers
“This means nothing,â€ she said. â€œLess than nothing,â€ he lied. â€œIâ€™ll hate myself later.â€ â€œI hate myself now.”
“These people who build houses with 13 bathrooms and so on, there's something wrong with them.”

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