"No matter what he does, one always forgives him. It does not depend upon looks, either â€“ although this actual person is abominably good-looking â€“ it does not depend upon intelligence or character or â€“ anything â€“ as you say, it is just it."

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Source : The Man and the Moment ch. 7 (1914)

Elinor Glyn

#Character Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Doe Quotes

“I like Bergen County because it's nice and quiet. It's beautiful, and I can get to the city way quick.”
“I believe the book should be something you protect yourself from by returning to your life. But it has threatened your life. Not by saying something it believes is true, but by attacking it.”
“I half knew what to expect when I saw the cricket ground in the morning. It was when I started to talk to people working out there, I began to find what I was looking for.”
“The corporate outings were fun, but after doing them for 25 years, they got to be a little old hat.”
“We are blind to the worlds within us, waiting to be born.”
“I'd like to have the first restaurant that can deliver incredible quality food to your table at your house at any time-right where you live.”
“If you don't have dreams, you don't have a life.”
“A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.”

Source : Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.1381, Delacorte Press

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