"We were like gods at the dawning of the world, & our joy was so bright we could see nothing else but the other."

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Source : Madeline Miller (2011). “The Song of Achilles”, p.103, A&C Black

Madeline Miller

#Joy Quotes #World Quotes

“If there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to.”
“I'm not changing to the point where suddenly I wear floor-length skirts and start playing the violin; I'm just growing up a little bit, I guess.”

Source : "A blonde has more fun" by Harriet Lane, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2001.
“Rap is purging itself from the things it didn't need and it's allowing the younger dudes to come up. With that being said you're always going to need people from that golden era.”
“Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.”

Source : Confessing to the execution of 90,000 Jews at the Nuremberg Trials; Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" by Edward Crankshaw, p.141, 1956.
“A university is just a group of buildings gathered around a library.”

Source : North Carolina Libraries, Vol. 51-54, 1993.
“All my life, I just felt that I should have finished my education.”
“And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment.”

Source : Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 6, 2003.
“I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I'm in the company of good friends, but I'm not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.”

Source : "Rowan Atkinson JOHNNY ENGLISH REBORN Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 20, 2011.

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