"Pleasure was a siren, luring her to experience more"

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Source : Linda Howard, Geralyn Dawson, Jillian Hunter, Miranda Jarrett, Mariah Stewart (1999). “Under The Boardwalk: A Dazzling Collection Of All New Summertime Love Stories”, p.40, Simon and Schuster

Linda Howard

#Sirens Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet”
“I don't lie; I improve on my life.”
“As an artist I am attracted by decadence, by those who exhaust their lives in the shallow pursuits of pleasure. Occasionally, I feel that spiritually I participate in all these kinds of lives.”

Source : Emil Nolde, Werner Haftmann (1959). “Emil Nolde”
“I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is passionate learning. A school curriculum that values questions above answers...creativity above fact regurgitation...individuality above conformity.. and excellence above standardized performance..... And we must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity, more bureaucracy.”
“My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity--a good strong figure. But I think itis rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.”
“I am indeed a hedonistic utilitarian. I have defended hedonistic utilitarianism for quite a while.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.”
“It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy”

Source : Mercy Otis Warren (1805). “History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution: Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. In Three Volumes”, p.19

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