"Do not fall prey to the false belief that mastery and domination are synonymous with manliness."

-- Kent Nerburn

#Fall Quotes #Mastery Quotes #Belief Quotes

“Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.”
“Oh Julie, wouldnâ€™t I know if you were dead? Wouldnâ€™t I feel it happening, like a jolt of electricity to my heart?”
“No one can be free unless he is independent.”
“My books have helped a lot of men to lose weight.”
“I have developed a rash on my body where the rough cloth rubs on my skin. I wanted to take a bath, thinking that the dirt on my skin made the rash worse, but the bathing tub has been turned upside down and is being used as an extra table in the kitchen and i cannot have it until spring, so I just spread goose grease on my rash. The dogs are following me everywhere.”

Source : Karen Cushman (2014). “Catherine, Called Birdy”, p.28, Pan Macmillan
“Start leaving what you want to leave. Your future is waiting.”
“All of a sudden I'm an expert on everything. Interviewers want your opinion on golf, foreign policy and even the price of peanuts.”
“Shakespeare without Othello, Lear, Macbeth and Hamlet would be all too much like Hamlet without the prince.”

Source : Brand Blanshard (2014). “Reason and Analysis”, p.476, Routledge

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