"I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel."

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Sentimental Quotes #Sentimentality Quotes

“I was a fat child and loved cake, perhaps because it was the only sweet thing in my life.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My own view on religion is that of Lucretius. I regard it as a disease born of fear and as a source of untold misery to the human race. I cannot, however, deny that it has made some contributions to civilisation. It helped in early days to fix the calendar, and it caused Egyptian priests to chronicle eclipses with such care that in time they became able to predict them. These two services I am prepared to acknowledge, but I do not know of any others.”
“In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.”

Source : Gerald Durrell (1993). “The Aye-aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar”, p.161, Arcade Publishing
“Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms.”
“Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.”

Source : Boris Sidis (1914). “The Foundations of Normal and Abnormal Psychology”
“I learn the most from making my own mistakes.”
“You ask me where I get my ideas. That I cannot tell you with certainty. They come unsummoned, directly, indirectly - I could seize them with my hands - out in the open air, in the woods, while walking, in the silence of the nights, at dawn, excited by moods which are translated by the poet into words, by me into tones that sound and roar and storm about me till I have set them down in notes.”
“A body is a living entity. It represents life, freedom, sensuality, and it is a mechanism to carry out our thoughts. A body is always beautiful to me. It depends on the individual work and what I do with it and what kind of idea lies behind it - if age matters or not. But in my group works, the only difference is how far people can go if it rains, snows etc.”

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