"Order is never observed; it is disorder that attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive."

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Source : "The Great Secret, Or, Occultism Unveiled".

Eliphas Levi

#Order Quotes #Awkward Quotes #Attention Quotes

“As an emotional eater, I eat to soothe.”
“Restraint offers a space between intention and action and the opportunity to protect others from actions or reactions that should exist only in your imagination”
“As the astronomer rejoices in new knowledge which compels him to give up the dignity of our globe as the centre, the pride, and even the final cause of the universe, so do those who have escaped from the Christian mythology enjoy their release from the superstition which fails to make them happy, fails to make them good, fails to make them wise, and has become as great an obstacle in the way of progress as the prior mythologies which it took the place of two thousand years ago.”

Source : Harriet Martineau (1877). “Harriet Martineau's autobiography, with memorials by M.W. Chapman”, p.356
“I am obsessive, also I am industrious. Besides, the time when you are most alive and most aware is in childhood and one is trying to recapture that heightened awareness.”
“Country manners. Even if somebody phones up to tell you your house is burning down, they ask first how you are.”
“I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted to genuine talents.”

Source : "Book World Live: Kid's Books". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. December 13, 2005.
“You can't see the forest for the trees.”
“We need new energy back in Washington.”

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