"He had no failings which were not owing to a noble cause; to an ardent, generous, perhaps an immoderate passion for fame; a passion which is the instinct of all great souls."

-- Edmund Burke

#Passion Quotes #Soul Quotes #Noble Quotes

“A woman tries to get all she can out of a man, and a man tries to get all he can into a woman.”
“You think of yourself as an "individual person", with a unique and separate mind. You think you are born and you think you die. All your life you feel separate and alone. Sometimes desperately so. You fear death because you fear the loss of individuality. All this is an illusion. You, he, she, those things around you living or not, the stars and galaxies, the empty space in between- these are not distinct, separate objects. All is fundamentally entangled.”

Source : Douglas Preston (2009). “Blasphemy”, p.307, Pan Macmillan
“Falling in love with a story is like falling in love with a person. It tends to occupy your life, your thoughts. You can't do anything else for a long time.”

Source : Source: wordswithoutborders.org
“Learn to commit every situation to God, and trust Him for the outcome. God's love for you never changes, no matter what problems you face or how unsettled life becomes.”
“That's the magic of revisions - every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.”
“Nothing good ever comes without a price.”
“If the Japanese want to be taken seriously as world financial powers, they'd better quit using the same tailor as variety show chimps.”
“Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.”

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