"Defeat I can endure with cheerfulness, my lady. But betrayal is like taking the wind from my sails, or the earth from beneath my feet. It chills my spirits like a rainy day, and all I can do is draw the curtains and cry into my pillow."

-- Margaret George

#Betrayal Quotes #Rainy Day Quotes #Wind Quotes

“You always know when something works it's a result of everything firing on all cylinders.”
“The reason welfare is bad is not because it costs too much, nor because it "undermines the work ethic," but because it is intrinsically at odds with the way human beings come to live satisfying lives.”
“I saw what looked like another fallen tree in front of me and put my foot on it to cross over. At that moment it reared up in front of me-the biggest python I had ever seen!”
“Whenever you write on a subject that questions the status quo, there are bound to be many who wrestle with the issues”
“It's always great when a defense is able to create turnovers and score. That's something we missed last year. We'd get some turnovers, but we never scored points.”
“This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The peace of mind one experiences on one's own, one's certainty of self in the serenity of solitude, are nothing in comparison to the release and openness and fluency one shares with another, in close companionship ...”
“The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths.”

Source : Giuseppe Mazzini (1864). “Life & Writings of Joseph Mazzini”
“I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.”

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