"When he asked my grandmother if she would mind being poor, she said she would be happy just to have her daughter and himself: 'If you have love, even plain water is sweet."

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Source : Jung Chang (2008). “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China”, p.38, Simon and Schuster

Jung Chang

#Love Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Sweet Quotes

“The soul of politeness is not a question of rules but of tranquility, humility, and simplicity. And in the taking of tea it finds perhaps its most perfect expression.”

Source : Dorothea Johnson (2002). “Tea and Etiquette”, p.43, Capital Books
“There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.”

Source : "McGill University Featuring Pseudoscience", web.archive.org. December 30, 2005.
“To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.”
“I like to do projects I feel some connection to.”
“I've never been opposed to nudity. I've been opposed to nudity for box-office draw.”
“Is my strike zone bigger than others? Yeah. It might be bigger than others, but I don't have a problem with it.”
“Our lives are like these things I make. Turn 'em, build 'em, bake 'em in fire. That's what you've been, son. Baked and fired. But a pot don't have the right to choose whether he be for water, wine, or just left empty. You have, son. You have.”
“Penetrative insight joined with calm abiding utterly eradicates afflicted states.”

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