"The free expression of opinion, as experience has taught us, is the safety-valve of passion. The noise of the rushing steam, when it escapes, alarms the timid; but it is the sign that we are safe. The concession of reasonable privilege anticipates the growth of furious-appetite."

-- Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone

#Passion Quotes #Expression Quotes #Rushing Quotes

“I know enough to know that no woman should ever marry a man who hated his mother.”

Source : Martha Gellhorn, Caroline Moorehead (2006). “The letters of Martha Gellhorn”, Vintage
“The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.”
“As soon as somebody demonstrates the art of flying, settlers from our species of man will not be lacking on the moon and Jupiter... Given ships or sails adapted to the breezes of heaven, there will be those who will not shrink from even that vast expanse.”
“While I relish our warm months, winter forms our character and brings out our best.”
“Humor is the harmony of the heart.”
“It used to be that, when something strange happened, we'd hear on the news "Police believe this is the act of an isolated nut." On the internet there are no isolated nuts; whatever kind of nut you are, you can find fifty nuts in the world exactly like you.”
“I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.”
“The makers of literature are those who have seen and felt the miraculous interestingness of the universe. If you have formed...literary taste...your life will be one long ecstasy of denying that the world is a dull place.”

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