"Outward beauty is not enough; to be attractive a woman must use words, wit, playfulness, sweet-talk, and laughter to transcend the gifts of nature."

-- Petronius

#Sweet Quotes #Laughter Quotes #Use Quotes

“You don't really get to know people behind the scenes. One can assume that it's out there, but I have no idea at the end of the day. I hope not.”
“The advantage that my children have is that my children are encountering the nicest white people that America has ever produced. Letâ€™s hope America keeps producing nicer white people.”
“Grading creative writing is always an ethical dilemma. But what you brought up about grading personal stories versus the research paper is of course a truly volatile issue in teaching memoir or the personal essay, because there's no pretense that the narrator is a character.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“No amount of scholastic attainment, of able and profound exposition of brilliant and stirring eloquence can atone for the absence of a deep impassioned sympathetic love for human souls.”
“Tell people the truth, they laugh. The truth is so tragic they have to pretend it's a joke.”
“Those who doubt themselves most generally err least.”
“My mother always tells me, 'Nathan, you're very much a geek, but your strength is that you look mainstream. So no one can tell just by looking at you.' I think this is true.”
“I've often said that the only thing I can change with magick is myÂself. I believe that. Whatever changes I wish to effect with magick, the first and only thing that will be directly changed by my magical operation will be me. Once I am changed, then the new changed me will then somehow affect or attract the desired object of my operaÂtion.”

Source : Lon Milo DuQuette (2011). “Low Magick: It's All In Your Head ... You Just Have No Idea How Big Your Head Is”, p.27, Llewellyn Worldwide

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