"Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude."

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Source : Aphra Behn (2015). “Oroonoko: the Royal Slave: Souls Needed for You”, p.169, 谷月社

Aphra Behn

#Jealousy Quotes #Solitude Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Love knoweth no laws.”
“My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.”

Source : Anna Freud, Dorothy T. Burlingham (1967). “The Writings of Anna Freud: Indications for child analysis and other papers, 1945-1956”
“For me, the worst part of playing golf, by far, has always been hitting the ball.”
“Being of service is not enough. You must become a servant of the people. When you do, you can demand their commitment in return.”
“I'm prepared as a matter of faith to accept that life begins at the moment of conception. But that is my judgment. For me to impose that judgment on everyone else who is equally and maybe even more devout than I am seems to me is inappropriate in a pluralistic society.”
“Mothers can forgive anything! Tell me all, and be sure that I will never let you go, though the whole world should turn from you.”
“Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid (as we're inclined to do), I do not need a handsome man but let him be like You; I do not need one big and strong nor yet so very tall, nor need he be some genius, or wealthy, Lord, at all; but let his head be high, dear God, and let his eye be clear, his shoulders straight, whate'er his state, whate'er his earthly sphere; and let his face have character, a ruggedness if soul, and let his whole life show, dear God, a singleness of goal; then when he comes (as he will come) with quiet eyes aglow, I'll understand that he's the man I prayed for long ago.”

Source : Ruth Bell Graham (2007). “Footprints of a Pilgrim”, p.51, Thomas Nelson

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