"In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes."

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Source : Adelbert von Chamisso (1845). “The Shadowless Man; Or, The Wonderful History of Peter Schlemihl”

Adelbert von Chamisso

#Character Quotes #Eye Quotes #Blue Quotes

“I have learned more from my mistakes than from my successes.”
“We have been cooperating with both the United States and Russia, have been actively supporting a greater understanding between them.”
“Fight fire with fire. If you must have bores, always put them together or at the same table ... bores have an effervescent chemical reaction on one another at a party. They invariably have a marvelous time trading banalities in the absence of competition. ClichÃ©s roll trippingly off the tongue like sparkling epigrams and trite observations acquire depth sinking into receptive minds.”

Source : Elsa Maxwell (1955). “I married the world”
“Obstreperous, â€˜huh,â€ said Tad. â€œI see youâ€™ve been using that Big Word of the Day calendar I got you last Christmas.â€ â€œThat is irrefragable,â€ I told him solemnly.”
“I've lived through periods of illiquidity before. Asset prices come down. The economy slows or even goes into recession. Then the cycle re-starts. We buy at lower prices with less leverage.”
“I've always thought of writing as sort of active communication.”
“Facts are the images of history, just as images are the facts of fiction.”

Source : E.L. Doctorow (2011). “Jack London, Hemingway, and the Constitution:: Selected Essays, 1977-1992”, p.157, Random House
“The human race tends to remember the abuses to which it has been subjected rather than the endearments. What's left of kisses? Wounds, however, leave scars.”

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