"Let thy chief terror be of thine own soul: There, 'mid the throng of hurrying desires That trample o'er the dead to seize their spoil, Lurks vengeance, footless, irresistible As exhaltations laden with slow death, And o'er the fairest troop of captured joys Breathes pallid pestilence."

-- George Eliot

#Joy Quotes #Soul Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the Decline, we go down without taking notice on't.”
“In our rushing, bulls in china shops, we break our own lives.”
“Even if a fool dies, he won't be cured.”
“He looked down and did something quite out of character for him: he took hold of Shmuel's tiny hand in his and squeezed it tightly. "You're my best friend, Shmuel," he said. "My best friend for life.”

Source : John Boyne (2016). “The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas”, p.329, Random House
“The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.”
“No, I like to wear as least amount of makeup as I can during my everyday life because I'm just all about keeping my skin healthy and hydrated and I love to laugh and have a great time and smile - that's when I feel the most pretty so I just want to make sure that I stay happy.”
“Her beauty cannot be measured with standards of a colonized mind”
“In a world of moral certainty, the unthinkable becomes permissible.”

Source : Cullen Murphy (2012). “God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World”, p.22, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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