"The saint, we are told, once lived a life of sin - nothing spectacular, of course, just the usual things."

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Source : Nissim Ezekiel (1976). “Hymns in darkness”

Nissim Ezekiel

#Usual Quotes #Saint Quotes #Sin Quotes

“I run, therefore I am. And given the years improved fitness adds to our lives, if I did not run, maybe I would no longer be.”
“Society,--the only field where the sexes have ever met on terms of equality, the arena where character is formed and studied, the cradle and the realm of public opinion, the crucible of ideas, the world's university, at once a school and a theater, the spur and the crown of ambition, the tribunal which unmasks pretension and stamps real merit, the power that gives government leave to be, and outruns the lazy Church in fixing the moral sense of the eye.”
“We didn't see [the NBA lockout] as a victory at all. It was far from what we set it out to accomplish in bargaining, but I thought it was a fair compromise.”
“Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does not respect or spare anyone, not even itself.”
“I became a councillor back in 1971, so if by this stage in politics I'm making lots of big mistakes, then I shouldn't be here.”

Source : "Ken Livingstone: 'It's an autobiography, not porn'". Interview With Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2011.
“I really take pride in the relationship that I have with my husband.”
“Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.”
“You don't always marry the love of your life.”

Source : Source: collider.com

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