"This Islam business kidnapped me."

-- Oriana Fallaci

“Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips and mine There fell thy shadow, Cynara! thy breath was shed Upon my soul between the kisses and the wine; And I was desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea, I was desolate and bowed my head: I have been faithful to thee, Cynara! in my fashion.”

Source : Ernest Dowson, (2013). “The Poems And Prose Of Ernest Dowson”, p.37, Read Books Ltd
“You have a right to your feelings. Your feelings are there to tell you something, but they are not infallible guides to behavior.”

Source : Nathaniel Branden (1998). “Nathaniel Brandens Self-Esteem Every Day: Reflections on Self-Esteem and Spirituality”, p.399, Simon and Schuster
“I think you can find yourself in life perhaps not really being the master of your own life and it is within your own will and tenacity whether you switch the roles or not. So I think it has more to do with that, a person's individual will to be master or servant. I've been both in my own life and I prefer the former.”
“The Gospel declares those who believe righteous and saved.”
“Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.”

Source : Alice Morse Earle (2016). “Stage-coach and Tavern Days”, p.67, Library of Alexandria
“All new news is old news happening to new people”
“It's hard to learn about your parents' courtship.”
“We are deep at the bottom of this river of time, caught up in the current of the moment where all the rivers rendezvous.”

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