"I close my eyes, hoping to slip into the same dream again, but then that never happens, does it?"

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Source : L. A. Meyer (2010). “Mississippi Jack: Being an Account of the Further Waterborne Adventures of Jacky Faber, Midshipman, Fine Lady, and Lily of the West”, p.486, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

L.A. Meyer

#Dream Quotes #Eye Quotes #Doe Quotes

“Propose not to a woman when she hath gotten a new frock, nor when she is puffed up with victories; when she reigneth and rejoiceth in her hour of triumph, come not nigh unto her; but when she be ill or weary, when she is cast down in spirit and needeth a comforter, then be thou ready, and make thy suit.”
“They say 74% of everything you're learning in college is a bunch of bullshit you'll never need 83.4% of everything you've got, you bought to satisfy you're greed Because 91% of the world's population links their pssessions to success Even though 88% of the wealthiest 1% of the population drinks to an alarming excess More money more stress.”
“A whole woman will always attract a whole man. And when they touch, they will fuse to create a whole marriage. Ultimately, when the time is right, they will produce whole children.”
“The pangs of pain, of failure, in this mortal lot, are the birth-throes of transition to better things. We are separated for a time by the indifference of space and our blindness which particularizes and isolates us. But in us is a longing for unity.”
“It is sobering to recall that though the Japanese relocation program, carried through at such incalculable cost in misery and tragedy, was justified on the ground that the Japanese were potentially disloyal, the record does not disclose a single case of Japanese disloyalty or sabotage during the whole warâ€¦”
“Critics? I love every bone in their heads.”
“You can be very honest and direct with people, respectfully. I never do anything maliciously; I simply give my honest opinion.”

Source : Source: lasentinel.net
“The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or a woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.”

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