"If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all."

-- George Bernard Shaw

#Girly Quotes #Women Quotes #Character Quotes

“If we dwell in spirit, or Soul, we are living in happiness, for Soul is a happy entity. It is seldom anything else. When the mind presses in on it too strongly, however, it withdraws and leaves the body under the tyranny of mind.”
“Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. Itâ€™s the inability to relate to another human being. Itâ€™s the inability to love.”

Source : Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.290, Random House
“The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart”

Source : Jacqueline Carey (2003). “Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel”, p.127, Macmillan
“Whether in a suit or in a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another. They seem incapable of advancing beyond the violent tendencies which at one time were necessary for survival.”
“We are playing Russian roulette with features of the planetâ€™s atmosphere that will profoundly impact generations to come. How long are we willing to gamble?”
“How protean are the devices available to human intelligence when it lends itself to the persistence of the conformist error.”
“I must admit that when I chose the name, "vitamine," I was well aware that these substances might later prove not to be of an amine nature. However, it was necessary for me to choose a name that would sound well and serve as a catchword, since I had already at that time no doubt about the importance and the future popularity of the new field.”

Source : Casimir Funk (1922). “The Vitamines”
“the worship of beauty is to me a religion. Nothing bad was ever truly beautiful; nothing good is ever really ugly.”

Source : Florence L. Barclay (2012). “The Rosary”, p.45, The Floating Press

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