"I put my hand out and wiped the vomit from his lips, and cooed soothing words to him. It squeezed my heart to see him suffer like this - but where my genuine concern for him ended and where my self-interest began, I could not tell: no servant can ever tell what the motives of his heart are. "Do we loathe our masters behind a facade of love - or do we love them behind a facade of loathing? "We are made mysteries to ourselves by the Rooster Coop we are locked in."

-- Aravind Adiga

#Heart Quotes #Self Quotes #Hands Quotes

“People can have rhinoceros skin, but there's a point when something's going to hurt you.”
“I'm no wealthier than Bibi Netanyahu or Arik Sharon. I don't feel that I'm more hedonistic than Ehud Olmert, or Yitzhak Rabin or Shimon Peres.”
“Making knots. Making knots. No word. Making knots. Tick-tock. This is a clock. Do not think of Gale. Do not think of Peeta. Making knots.”
“The. World. Is. Not. A. Safe. Place.”

Source : Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.109, Penguin
“I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?”
“Love is a disease which fills you with a desire to be desired.... - Comte de Toulouse”
“People think the blues is sad. They hear people moaning and such. That's not the blues. That's just somebody singing slow...The blues is about truth-telling.”
“Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God. The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ's abode.”

Source : John Keble (1850). “The Christian year ... By John Keble. Thirty-seventh edition”, p.166

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