"It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes... we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones."

-- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#Selfish Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Emotion Quotes

“Bosh. I find a rival - but no, I won't flatter myself that Tecumseh Fox would consider himself a rival of Dol Bonner - I find an eminent detective in your apartment, and that alone is enough, without adding that he is concealed in your bedroom while I am discussing my business with you...”
“It is difficult to distinguish where the feminine ends and nature begins.”

Source : Frank Smith (2014). “To Think: In Language, Learning and Education”, p.25, Routledge
“We need just two players to be a contender. Babe Ruth and Sandy Koufax.”
“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.”
“I have a mind like a steel trap. Stuff gets in there and WHAM! it never gets back out again.”
“If you're gonna be two-faced at least make one of them pretty.”
“How do you turn the invisible into the visible? The first step is to define your dream precisely; the only limit to what you can achieve is the extent of your ability to define with precision that which you desire.”
“My playing had called to another human being at last. Surely, she could be no other than my own true love. Slowly, I got to my feet. Speak to me, I thought. And as if she'd heard me, the young woman's lips parted and she spoke thus: Have you lost your mind?”

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