"You canâ€™t put much on paper before you betray your secret self, try as you will to keep things civil."

-- Patricia Hampl

#Self Quotes #Secret Quotes #Trying Quotes

“I wanted [photography] to be more than a document, to be something that is as close as you could possibly be to the subject.”
“Be still with yourself until the object of your attention affirms your presence.”
“A man's looks are measured by the depth of his pockets.”

Source : Elizabeth Aston (2006). “Mr. Darcy's Daughters: A Novel”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.”
“When you're invisible, no one can see that you're different.”

Source : "The Ivory and the Horn". Book by Charles de Lint, 1995.
“The grapevine should be named after a more bitter fruit. It should be called the grapefruit tree.”
“Why you exist, says Nietzsche with SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard, nobody in the world can tell you in advance; but since you do exist, try to give your existence a meaning by setting up for yourself as lofty and noble a goal as you can.”
“Only connect!...Only connect the prose and the passion.”

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