"Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage."

-- Alain-Rene Lesage

#Taken Quotes #Giving Quotes #Enthusiasm Quotes

“Fantasy is the only canvas large enough for me to paint on.”
“It occurred to Dr. Lecter in the moment that with all his knowledge and intrusion, he could never entirely predict her, or own her at all. He could feed the caterpillar, he could whisper through the chrysalis; what hatched out followed its own nature and was beyond him. He wondered if she had the .45 on her leg beneath the gown. Clarice Starling smiled at him then, the cabochons caught the firelight and the monster was lost in self-congratulation at his own exquisite taste and cunning.”
“all to no end save beauty the eternal-- So in detail they, the crowd, are beautiful”
“You should never form judgments from front page headlines. As with a contract, the fine print on the inside pages should be carefully studied.”
“It's a time in my life that I'm glad it's behind me. I've had time to reflect on the whole thing. I want to talk about it one time and kind of lay it to rest. I'm ready to put it behind me. I've learned my lesson. I don't recommend the experience I had to anyone, really. It's not something that was fun. It's not a destination you would choose.”
“In spiritual matters we remain beginners.”
“We go to the grave of a friend saying, "A man is dead," but angels throng about him saying, "A man is born."”
“We must never bend too much.”

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