"It is funny how you do not miss affection until it is given, but once it is, it can never be enough; you would drown in it if possible."

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Libba Bray

#Missing Quotes #Affection Quotes #Enough Quotes

“Great art has dreadful manners. The greatest paintings grab you in a headlock, rough up your composure, and then proceed in short order to re-arrange your reality.”
“What is it with all of these young, single white women? Overeducated- doesn't mean intelligent.”
“We do not need to eat animals, wear animals, or use animals for entertainment purposes, and our only defence of these uses is our pleasure, amusement, and convenience.”
“My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.”

Source : Bethany Hamilton (2012). “Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family and Fighting to Get Back on the Board”, p.8, Simon and Schuster
“You can get the true essence of New Yorkers by just hanging out in Central Park”
“The gentleman will sit! The gentleman is correct in sitting!”

Source : "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. December 17, 2010.
“Any characteristic that you can't stand in another person is an aspect of you that you can't stand in yourself. Once you discover that this characteristic is also in you, your resistance towards the other person gets replaced with compassion.”
“the crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock.”

Source : Margaret Halsey (1952). “The Folks at Home”

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