"It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed: it was a desire as old as the world, as old as the desire for children."

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Source : Sijie Dai (2002). “Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress”, Anchor

Sijie Dai

#Children Quotes #Political Quotes #Desire Quotes

“When the light of the sun shines through a prism it is broken into beautiful colours, and when the prism is shattered, still the light remains. So does the life of life shine resplendent in the forms of our friends, and so, when their forms are broken, still their life remains; and in that life we are united with them; for the life of their life is also our life, and we are one with them by ties indissoluble.”

Source : "Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.
“Cricket has so many meanings to so many Australians. Itâ€™s become precisely that - an Australian way of life. And what a life it is. Some would even go as far as to say, â€˜marvellousâ€™.”
“In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.”
“Scores of Congolese die each day unnecessarily due to the lack of access to healthcare and modern medicine.”
“Unhappy, let alone angry, religious people provide more persuasive arguments for atheism and secularism than do all the arguments of atheists.”
“Socialism values equality more than liberty.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I like to do something I fear.”
“Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.”

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