"In the family of continents, Africa is the silent, the brooding sister, courted for centuries by knight-errant empires - rejecting them one by one and severally, because she is too sage and a little bored with the importunity of it all."

-- Beryl Markham

#Knights Quotes #Bored Quotes #Sage Quotes

“We lose our way around the Bible when we take our eyes off the Cross.”
“Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.”
“You always fall for the rascal or the guy who's got a little bit of the devil in him. You can't help it.”
“The narcissist devours people, consumes their output, and casts the empty, writhing shells aside.”

Source : Sam Vaknin (2005). “Diary of a Narcissist”, p.90, Narcissus Publishing
“I hate restaurants that play music. You come out for a quiet meal, and you're supposed to put up with all this booming. Why? It's madness!”
“It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.”
“Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.”
“A glad zest and hopefulness might be inspired even in the most jaded and ennui-cursed, were there in our homes such simple, truthful natures as that of my heroine, and it is in the sphere of quiet homes-not elsewhere-I believe that a woman can best rule and save the world.”

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