"Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife."

-- Samuel Richardson

#Men Quotes #Wife Quotes #Mistress Quotes

“If the Russians ever decide to atom bomb us, they're certain to drop an especially large one on the plant in Pleasantville.”
“My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.”
“To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?”
“You can't miss what you never had.”
“Sunrise doesn't last all morning, a cloudburst doesn't last all day, seems my love is up and has left you with no warning. It's not always going to be this grey. All things must pass, all things must pass away.”
“I read Norman Lockâ€™sÂ The Boy in His WinterÂ with delight and amazement. Styled in the vernacular of a rapidly changing America, it stays true to the themes of Mark Twainâ€™s original: class relations, race and slavery, childhood innocence, moral hypocrisyâ€”and, of course, the stark beauty and unforgiving nature of Americaâ€™s greatest river. I finished this absolutely elegant narrative feeling that Huck Finn has never been more alive.”
“Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
“Stretching his hand up to reach the stars, too often man forgets the flowers at his feet.”

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